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Peer reviewedMcIlroy, John – Studies in the Education of Adults, 1990
Reviews the life and work of British adult educator Raymond Williams, including his ideological bases, teaching methods, and publications post-World War II to 1960. Includes 195 reference notes. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Biographies, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMcIlroy, John – Studies in the Education of Adults, 1988
The author analyzes the collaboration between unions and universities to provide courses in "Industrial Studies" in Great Britain from the mid-1970s to the present. He states that the main problem between these two entities was one of clashing educational philosophies. (CH)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries, Labor Education
Peer reviewedMcIlroy, John – Studies in the Education of Adults, 1993
Several case studies examine the issue of whether Trades Union Congress educational programs are inordinately influenced by the state. Continued intervention of the Conservative state and the disorganized condition of labor education leave the latter open to narrow vocationalism. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Censorship, Educational Policy, Federal Aid
