Research over the last few decades has supported the contention that ‘there are different literacy practices in different domains of social life ....[and] these change over time’ (Hamilton, Tett, & Crowther, 2012, p.3). In this article, we use ‘political literacy’, as conceived by Paulo Freire, as a theoretical lens through which to consider non-formal education in the changing context of South Africa. After considering the influence of Freire’s thinking in the black consciousness (BC) movement in South Africa during the 1970s, we consider a current BC-aligned non-formal education intervention in Freedom Park, a township outside Johannesburg, drawing on research conducted in 2018. This used snowball sampling and qualitative data collection methods, including observation of a ‘political class’ currently run in the community. We found that, in contrast to ways in which Freire was used in the BC movement in the anti-Apartheid struggle, the ‘political class’ leaned towards what Freire termed the authoritarian left.

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南非的“政治素养”

过去几十年的研究支持以下论点：“在社会生活的不同领域中存在着不同的识字实践……[并且]随着时间的流逝而改变”（Hamilton，Tett和Crowther，2012年，第3页）。在本文中，我们使用Paulo Freire所设想的“政治素养”作为理论镜头，通过它可以考虑南非不断变化的背景下的非正规教育。在考虑了弗雷雷（Freire）的思想对1970年代南非的黑人意识（BC）运动的影响后，我们考虑了2018年在约翰内斯堡郊外小镇自由公园（Freedom Park）进行的不列颠哥伦比亚联盟（BC）的非正规教育干预措施。这使用了滚雪球采样和定性数据收集方法，包括观察社区中当前正在运行的“政治阶层”。我们发现