Amateurs Out to Change the World
Michael Welton
1995
1995
Abstract
Presents a history of four phases of Canadian adult education: (1) agrarian radicalism, 1910-1945; (2) women's organizations and community development sites; (3) adult education and the crisis of democracy, 1929-1945; and (4) community building in Nova Scotia, 1954-1957.
Article
Abstract
Presents a history of four phases of Canadian adult education: (1) agrarian radicalism, 1910-1945; (2) women's organizations and community development sites; (3) adult education and the crisis of democracy, 1929-1945; and (4) community building in Nova Scotia, 1954-1957.
Social Movements
Peasants' Rights, Women's Rights
Keywords
Class, Community Organizing, Democracy, Gender, Informal Learning, Nonformal Education, Policy, Popular Education
Theme
Popular Education; Adult Education; and Social Movement Learning