This program will combine the study of a liberatory theory/practice of learning (Popular Education), with an interdisciplinary critical analysis of who's got what, how, why, etc. (Political Economy), with a methodology around moving our bodies, connecting them to our minds, cooperating with each other and playing games (Physical Education). That's PE times three!
We’ll focus on exploring knowledge and various ways to share it with each other. You’ll be invited to think about the most significant things you’ve learned in your life. You’ll reflect on some of these, write about them, and process them in a variety of ways. As a core practice of popular education: we’ll learn about how to effectively, humbly and collaboratively share our knowledge with a broad audience. You will also gather tools, methods, and examples of popular education including games, group puzzles, and workshops. There will be a final knowledge essay and the development of a game of some kind.
In this program everybody is welcome, and we will work together to enable maximum participation. The most important things you can bring to this program will be a spirit of cooperation, a desire to work with others, some skills of dialogue, active listening, and a desire to share joy, knowledge, and learning.
This program is coordinated with Greener Foundations for first-year students. Greener Foundations is Evergreen’s in-person introductory student success course, which provides first-year students with the skills and knowledge they need to thrive at Evergreen. First-year students who register for 14 credits in this program will be placed into Greener Foundations for an additional 2 credits, totaling 16 credits.
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This will be a class designed to develop skills useful in a variety of fields and endeavors and will specifically prepare students for graduate school and careers in communications, organizing, nonprofit work, health care, social work and counseling, education, human services, teaching and learning in diverse environments, community work, economic justice, social science, history, law, and political economy, among others.