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The Educator Needs to Be Educated: Reflections on the Political Pedagogy of Marx, Lenin and Habermas
Direct linkWelton, Michael R. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2014
This essay examines one of the most intractable pedagogical problems of the Marxian revolutionary tradition: who will educate the educator and how ought the learning process to proceed. The solutions of Marx, Lenin and Habermas are critically examined towards the clarification of the emancipatory learning process. This learning process has three…
Descriptors: Marxian Analysis, Social Theories, Transformative Learning, Critical Theory
Peer reviewedWelton, Michael R. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 1994
Uses an imaginary dialogue involving a critical theorist to explore propositions about the modern practice of adult education: (1) it has ceased to foster democratic social action; (2) its foundation is shaky; (3) it is governed by technical rationality, which favors the interests of business; and (4) self-directed learning is conceptually…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Critical Theory, Debate, Educational Philosophy
