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Direct linkPerry, J. Adam – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2021
This article examines how performance-oriented arts practice with members of socially marginalised communities can be harnessed as a mode of grassroots civic participation, one that can transgress the expected norms of public communication that render some stories and speakers legitimate, and some not. The article will offer an analysis of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Housing, Urban Renewal, Disadvantaged
Galloway, Sarah; Edwards, Richard – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2017
Adult education is a very diverse arena of practice internationally, operating across the public, private and non-profit sectors, with educators and learners coming from all walks of life. In many countries there is no formal route to becoming a qualified adult educator as there is in relation to school teaching, or the qualification of Higher or…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Recognition (Achievement), Adult Educators, Adult Education
Grace, Andre P. – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2012
In 1947 the Truman Commission on Higher Education accentuated the importance of adult education in its report entitled "Higher Education for American Democracy". In 1970 a new US "Handbook of Adult Education" signifying the move to a more professionalised field of study and practice was published. The intervening years encapsulate a time of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, North Americans
Satchwell, Candice; Smith, June – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2009
This article draws on the experience of a research project designed to bring together practitioners and researchers in further education (FE) colleges and the higher education (HE) sector in pursuit of ways of creating more accessible learning opportunities for students in colleges. Here we explore some of the assumptions underlying the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research Projects, Adult Education, Educational Opportunities
English, Leona M. – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2005
The article explores the relationships of feminist organisers with government policy makers and within their own organisations. Based on a qualitative study of eight directors and eight board members of grassroots feminist organisations, this paper examines how the funder (State) and the women (executive directors and board members) interact and…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Feminism, Accountability, Organizations (Groups)
