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Solidarity, Not Adjustment

Activism learning as (self-)transformation

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Psychology in Education

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Grounded on the German tradition of Critical Psychology, we have been engaged for years in youth research/work and internationalist activism (Foitzik & Marvakis, 1997). This particular background implies that all the theoretical and practical interventions we are participating in – conceived as “transformative/educative practices” – do not refer to some formalised social practices of education – e.g. to some more or less traditional schooling context.

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Marvakis, A., Petritsi, I. (2014). Solidarity, Not Adjustment. In: Corcoran, T. (eds) Psychology in Education. Bold Visions in Educational Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-566-3_9

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