Adult Education and the Working Class
Author: Kevin Ward
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 1986-01-01
Total Pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780709924616
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Kevin Ward
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 1986-01-01
Total Pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780709924616
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Robin Simmons
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-05-25
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 3319906712
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book provides an inclusive and incisive analysis of the experiences of working-class young people in education. While there is an established literature on education and the working class stretching back decades, comparatively there has been something of a neglect of class-based inequality – with questions of gender, ‘race’ and other forms of identity attracting significant attention. However, events including Britain's 2016 decision to leave the European Union, have thrown social class into sharp focus, both in the UK and elsewhere. Featuring leading thinkers in the sociology of education, this book examines the different ways in which young people relate to various parts of the education system, including different forms of schooling, post-compulsory and university education. They maintain that the issue of social class goes beyond the walls of specific institutions to affect young people in a variety of ways: not only in the UK, but across the globe. This book will be of great value and interest to students and scholars of the sociology of education, working-class youth, and equality of opportunity.
Author: Kevin Ward
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-10-10
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 1136628223
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: Jane L. Thompson
Publisher:
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780429430534
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Charles Patrick Sweeney
Publisher:
Published: 1920
Total Pages: 118
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jane L. Thompson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-11-13
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 0429773250
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: Stephen D. Brookfield
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2010-08-26
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 0470873086
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Radicalizing Learning calls for a total rethinking of what the field of adult education stands for and how adult educators should assess their effectiveness. Arguing that major changes in society are needed to create a more just world, the authors set out to show how educators can help learners envision and enact this radical transformation. Specifically, the book explores the areas of adult learning, training, teaching, facilitation, program development, and research. Each chapter provides a guide to the different paradigms and perspectives that prevail across the field of theory and practice. The authors then tie all of the themes into how adult learning for participatory democracy works in a diverse society.