Penn State

Consortium forSocial Movements and Education
Research and Practice

Highlander Folk School: Getting information, going back and teaching it.

Highlander Folk School: Getting information, going back and teaching it.

Frank Adams
1972
1972

Abstract

If our judgments about educational change were based only on conventional histories,our vision of alternative futures would be constrained. We would probably come to the conclusion that a small number of school professionals and prominent social reformers have alone been responsible for initiating and maintaining worthwhile reforms.

Abstract

If our judgments about educational change were based only on conventional histories,our vision of alternative futures would be constrained. We would probably come to the conclusion that a small number of school professionals and prominent social reformers have alone been responsible for initiating and maintaining worthwhile reforms.

Social Movements

Civil rights movement, Labor Rights

Keywords

Class, Community Organizing, Nonformal Education, North America, Race

Theme

Popular Education; Adult Education; and Social Movement Learning