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ERIC Number: EJ472091
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0266-0830
The Role of Advocacy: A Critical Issue in Canadian University Extension Work.
Cruikshank, Jane
Studies in the Education of Adults, v25 n2 p172-83 Oct 1993
A three-year series of interviews with Canadian university extension staff (n=35) found that advocacy is all but extinct because of the "entrepreneurial" values of the university and the professionalization of adult education. As social justice values increase in importance, extension educators should resume an advocacy role. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advocacy, Continuing Education, Extension Education, Foreign Countries, Role of Education, Social Change, Universities
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada; Professionalism