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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