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Adult Education For a Change

Adult Education For a Change

Jane L. Thompson
1980
1980

Abstract

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.

Abstract

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.

Social Movements

Labor, Working Class

Keywords

Class, Community Organizing, Europe, Higher Education, Nonformal Education

Theme

Popular Education; Adult Education; and Social Movement Learning