Teacher Role

A study examined the concept of People's Education in South Africa from December 1985, when the call for People's Education was first made, to September 1987. Data were collected from the following sources: current periodicals; speeches, resolutions, and press statements; and interviews with selected individuals and representatives of organizations involved with People's Education. Special attention was paid to the following aspects of People's Education: origihs of the movement of People's Education for people's power; key features of People's Education; People's Education and the schools (control over education; alternative curricula and the People's Education commissions; and the roles of teachers, national coordination, and national campaigns); People's Education beyond the schools (people's educations in the universities and in the community and the workplace); and People's Education in the future. The stud