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Peer reviewedBenn, Roseanne; Burton, Rob – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 1995
Despite strong rhetoric supporting the emancipatory role of adult education, tutors in access to higher education courses for adults tend to contradict this in practice. Gramsci's theory of cultural hegemony shows how subcultures such as these tutors create mental maps from conflicting ideologies (social purpose, individualism, economics) that…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Cognitive Mapping, Educational Philosophy, Equal Education
Benn, Roseanne; Fieldhouse, Roger – Adults Learning (England), 1995
Current notions of the learning society are dominated by the notion of the learning market--lifelong learning for economic competitiveness. Learning for active citizenship and liberal democracy, once a major purpose of adult education, is being lost in the process. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizenship Education, Economic Factors, Role of Education
