Author : Tom Lovett
Publisher : [Nottingham] : Department of Adult Education, University of Nottingham
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 21,92 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Education
ISBN :
Author : Kevin Ward
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,49 MB
Release : 2014-10-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1136628223
This book has two purposes: first to argue that there is a greater need now than ever before for liberal adult education for the working class. Such provision would both help to ameliorate the gross inequalities of our society and provide some counter-balance to the increasingly utilitarian and vocational orientation of post-school education. Secondly, the book aims to describe and analyse in some detail the community-based programme for various ‘disadvantaged’ working class groups that has been developed by a British Pioneer Work team concerned with adult continuing education. The methods, objectives and overall practice described in this case study are of relevance to those working in all sectors of adult and community education. This book is edited by two members of staff concerned with Pioneer Work development from the outset, and the contributors include other members of the Pioneer Work team of lecturers and researchers.
Author : Tom Lovett
Publisher :
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 18,23 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Education
ISBN :
Author : Jane L. Thompson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 14,25 MB
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 0429773250
Originally published in 1980 this book examines why adult education historically failed to attract working class students and whether experiences in Northern Ireland, the USA and Italy have any lessons to teach. Drawing together authors committed to adult education, the essays give fresh theoretical perspectives and explore developments of the post-War period, asking if they are designed to remedy educational wrongs or help perpetuate them.
Author : Tom Lovett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 34,83 MB
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 0429776144
Originally published in 1982, this book discusses the role of adult education in social and community action. In particular it presents a critical assessment of 'community education' and the theories of Illich, Freire and Gramsci and it proves that there is a radical adult education tradition in the USA, Europe and North America which can offer many insights into the contemporary debate about the role of adult learning. The material is based on a decade of practical involvement in community action and education in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, where - despite deep political and religious divisions - community action has united Catholics and Protestants in a common resolve.
Author : Paul Fordham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 35,55 MB
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 0429823428
Originally published in 1979, this book reports on a 3 year action research programme (The New Communities Project) which aimed in increase working-class participation in adult education. Basing their argument on the work of the Project, the authors contend that adult education must begin with the people themselves, to go on and assist their intellectual, social, psychological, cultural and political growth. In their view, adult education needs to be identified as something more flexible than 'classes', whilst also distinguishing between non-formal education and other kinds of community work or development. Providing different perspectives on the way in which a service relates to a particular area, the book's conclusions have a bearing on both practice and training in a variety of areas concerned with social intervention.
Author : Malcolm Tight
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 33,10 MB
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 1136628436
The nature of adult education at individual, group and community levels is the concern of this book. Definitions and patterns of adult learning are critically assessed in both this country and abroad, and the processes involved considered in detail. Both case studies and thematic articles have been included and are selected to illustrate the breadth of the field along a number of areas: formal, non-formal and informal education; face-to-face and distance education; from basic levels of education to higher education; from highly deterministic to more ‘open’ or self-directed forms of education. It is felt that the study and practice of the education of adults can be best advanced by the adoption of such a broad view.
Author : Deborah D'Amico
Publisher :
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 27,41 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Adult education
ISBN :
Author : Christopher Pilley
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 27,51 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Education
ISBN :
Author : Edmund de Schweinitz Brunner
Publisher :
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 28,5 MB
Release : 1942
Category : Education
ISBN :
This is a report on a unique experiment in organized community living and adult education conducted in Greenville County, South Carolina. With a County Council for Community Development for guidance, the people of the region set out to study their own problems--of health, government, education, and recreation--and to solve them in the light of expert knowledge. Originally published in 1942. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
