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Armstrong, Paul; Miller, Nod – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2006
As part of a larger research project examining the biographies of university adult educators who entered the field between 1975 and 1985, the aim of this paper is to highlight a number of themes that have emerged from this investigation around the issue of sustaining commitment to social purpose. Our objective was to find out whether those in the…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Justice, Social Attitudes, Personal Narratives
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Edwards, Richard; Armstrong, Paul; Miller, Nod – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2001
Social inclusion appears to be an unconditional good. Examination of social policy studies and poststructuralist philosophy suggests that "inclusion" is positioned within a philosophy of identity that denies difference and is thus exclusionary. Promoting social inclusion heightens awareness of difference. The rights of those who choose…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Cultural Pluralism, Democracy, Educational Policy
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Malcolm, Janice; Miller, Nod; Armstrong, Paul; Cervero, Ronald M.; Edwards, Richard; Gosling, David; Hayes, Elizabeth R.; Johnson-Bailey, Juanita; West, Linden; Wilson, Arthur L.; Zukas, Miriam – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2001
Includes a review by Malcolm of the new Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education and proceedings of a symposium on the handbook from the Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults (31st, London, England, July 2001). Addresses issues of knowledge production in the education of adults. (Contains 23…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Guides, Politics of Education