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ERIC Number: EJ525542
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-1035-0462
Adult Education: Politics, Rights and Privilege.
Mason, Robb; Randell, Shirley
Australian Journal of Adult and Community Education, v35 n3 p211-17 Nov 1995
In the 1990s, the idea of adult education as a right or privilege has yielded to the notion of education as a private consumer good. This concept makes it difficult for liberal adult education to achieve such goals as liberation, personal and social enlightenment, and social harmony and integration. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Civil Rights, General Education, Liberal Arts, Politics of Education, Role of Education
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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