Popular education in the mirror of the Popular University in France in the early XXth century

The Popular Universities at the end of the XIXth century are a major reference in the history of popular education. The movement of the Popular Universities attracted militant workers and intellectual —writers, scientists, teachers and artists—, to educational dynamics which owe a lot to the Dreyfus...

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Main Author: Lucien MERCIER
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2013-11-01
Series:Historia de la Educación
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Online Access:https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/0212-0267/article/view/10948
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description The Popular Universities at the end of the XIXth century are a major reference in the history of popular education. The movement of the Popular Universities attracted militant workers and intellectual —writers, scientists, teachers and artists—, to educational dynamics which owe a lot to the Dreyfus Affair. This encounter of the morning coat with the workman's overalls didn't last long. The Popular Universities died because they were unable to imagine this mutual education which was everybody's dream. This failure marked people's minds for a long time, and the period between the two wars, full of experiences of working-class and proletarian education, constantly refers to the Popular Universities of the 1900^ to find a model to follow or to reject.
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Popular education in the mirror of the Popular University in France in the early XXth century
Historia de la Educación
educación popular
francia
intelectuales
sindicalismo
movimiento obrero
universidades populares
title Popular education in the mirror of the Popular University in France in the early XXth century
title_full Popular education in the mirror of the Popular University in France in the early XXth century
title_fullStr Popular education in the mirror of the Popular University in France in the early XXth century
title_full_unstemmed Popular education in the mirror of the Popular University in France in the early XXth century
title_short Popular education in the mirror of the Popular University in France in the early XXth century
title_sort popular education in the mirror of the popular university in france in the early xxth century
topic educación popular
francia
intelectuales
sindicalismo
movimiento obrero
universidades populares
url https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/0212-0267/article/view/10948
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