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Learning in Social Action: A Contribution to Understanding Informal Education

Learning in Social Action: A Contribution to Understanding Informal Education

Griff Foley
1999
1999

Abstract

This book seeks to increase our understanding of those non-educational contexts and informal circumstances in which people learn. Adult educators, Professor Foley argues, ought not to neglect the importance of the incidental learning which can take place, in particular, when people become involved in voluntary organisations, social struggles, and political activity of every kind.

Abstract

This book seeks to increase our understanding of those non-educational contexts and informal circumstances in which people learn. Adult educators, Professor Foley argues, ought not to neglect the importance of the incidental learning which can take place, in particular, when people become involved in voluntary organisations, social struggles, and political activity of every kind.

Social Movements

Democracy, Women's Rights, Working Class

Keywords

Africa, Class, Community Organizing, Democracy, Gender, Globalization, Informal Learning, Latin America, Nonformal Education, North America, Oceania

Theme

Popular Education; Adult Education; and Social Movement Learning