Public Pedagogy as a tool for Lifelong learning and Critical Transformation in Nigeria: A Social Justice Perspective to Education of the Youths and Adults
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https://doi.org/10.12795/CP.2025.i34.v1.04Keywords:
Critical learning, Lifelong learning, Public Pedagogy and Social JusticeAbstract
Public pedagogy, as a neo-liberal concept has been recently popularised in the global north as a tool for lifelong learning/adult education. Public pedagogy is seen as various forms, processes, and sites of education and learning that occur beyond the realm of formal educational institutions. This paper argued that acknowledging the authority of knowledge in the public realm would be relevant in solving the contemporary economic, social and political development challenges affecting Nigeria. This paper adopts documentary analysis of papers on pp and seminal works of Freire (1993) Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Gramsci (1971) Selections from the prison notebooks. The method analysis employed were discourse and thematic analysis. This paper present reviews on the concepts of PP, lifelong learning and critical transformation for the purpose of understanding the argument of the paper. It presents the overarching discussion on the relevance of public pedagogy in the promotion of LLL and critical transformation. The paper revealed the power of PP in creating access and opportunity to learning without any barrier. It further revealed that learning through popular culture is one of the most important tools of empowerment and liberation of youths and adults. It revealed that there is need for censorship on the use of PP content to avoid harming others. The paper concluded that pp should serve as source of LLL, empowerment and creativity.
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