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Patterns of Difference in Understandings of Equity and Social Justice in Adult Education Policies: Comparing National Reports in International Contexts by a Lexicometric Analysis
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Breyer, Lisa – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2018
According to globalisation theories, the importance of international organisations such as UNESCO and EU regarding processes of policy-making is increasing and it is no longer the nation state alone that is regulating policy. Focusing on equity and social justice as central topics of the global discourse, the article raises the question of how…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Social Justice, Adult Education, Educational Policy
New Reflections on an Old Crisis: A Case Study from the 1980s.
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Fordham, Paul – Studies in the Education of Adults, 1997
A review of the 1983 attempt to close the Department of Adult Education at the University of Southampton illuminates the debates over the nature of adult education, the end of political consensus about educational policy, and the demise of the "Great Tradition" of university liberal education in the process of mainstreaming extramural…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Departments, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Models of Diagnosis and Their Implications for Adult Professional Education.
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Boreham, N. C. – Studies in the Education of Adults, 1988
The author describes various professionals' need for the ability to diagnose problems in their areas of expertise. Three psychological models are examined: (1) scientific rationality, (2) the template model, and (3) the interactionist model. The author discusses the integration of information on diagnostic processes into the adult professional…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Interaction, Models
Unions and Universities: A Troubled Marriage.
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McIlroy, 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
Women and the Struggle for Daytime Adult Education in Ireland.
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Inglis, Tom – Studies in the Education of Adults, 1994
Daytime adult education has emerged in Ireland in the form of voluntary, locally based groups of working class women providing education for themselves and others. A survey of 96 groups illuminated their struggles with finding suitable space, day care, and advertising. They thrive because of disenchantment with the content, scheduling, and form of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Females, Foreign Countries, Self Directed Groups
Breaking the Code: Engaging Practitioners in Critical Analysis of Adult Educational Literature.
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Brookfield, Stephen – Studies in the Education of Adults, 1993
Presents a framework for critical reflection on adult education literature in four sets of questions: methodological, experiential, communicative, and political. Addresses reasons for student resistance to critical analysis. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Critical Thinking, Criticism, Educational Research
Popular Education and the Landless People's Movement in Brazil (MST).
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Kane, Liam – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2000
The Landless People's Movement in Brazil seeks agrarian reform and social justice. Its adult education, leadership, and technical training programs use principles of popular education. Its strengths are a radical political culture, open-ended educational inquiry, and linking of education to a tangible benefit: land reform. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Ownership