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Direct linkEnglish, Leona M. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2009
It is just about impossible to find an adult education department in Canada that does not have a critical social justice orientation, quite often oriented to community development. Many of the faculty identify themselves with the local and or global activist community, and they see their work as merging learning and justice concerns to build up…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Community Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Download full textAlberta Advanced Education and Technology, 2007
Because of the important role played by community learning providers, Premier Ed Stelmach asked Canadian Minister of Advanced Education and Technology to increase support for community education and literacy programs. Community Adult Learning Councils and other community providers of adult literacy and family literacy programming are primarily…
Descriptors: Community Education, Adult Learning, Family Literacy, Adult Literacy
Peer reviewedBean, Wilf E. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2000
The Antigonish Movement, a Nova Scotian community development approach, and a Sri Lankan community-based adult education movement are used to illustrate spiritual principles for adult education/community development: ecological base, social justice, human dignity, community base, action for liberation, and combined action and reflection. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Buddhism, Community Development
Dickinson, Gary, Comp. – 1968
This annotated bibliography of University of British Columbia research relating to adult education lists 232 items, including 32 abstracts of theses and dissertations. Seven British Columbia Area Survey reports are noted, followed by 13 special departmental studies and an adult education dissertation, 18 M.A. theses, four M.Ed. (Adult Education)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agricultural Education, Annotated Bibliographies
Larsen, Pat – 1992
This paper overviews a proposal for implementing an adult literacy program in a small tribal community in northern Alberta (Canada). The program would enhance participants' ability to manage change affecting the community's economic, social, and educational circumstances. Recent data indicate that 24 percent of Native Americans in northern Alberta…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Kidd, J. Roby, Ed.; Selman, Gordon R., Ed. – 1978
This book is a collection of selected writings and speeches which document the developments in the Canadian adult education movement during the 1960's. The writings and speeches are presented in six sections as follow: (1) Introduction, (2) The Setting, (3) Organizing for Work, (4) Programs and Experiences, (5) The Learner, and (6) Coming of Age.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Anthologies
Guo, Shibao – Convergence, 2006
This study examines the role of adult education in bringing about social change through community development initiatives at a grassroots organisation called SUCCESS (United Chinese Community Enrichment Services Society), an immigrant community organisation in Vancouver, Canada. It adopts a case study approach. The study focuses on the historical…
Descriptors: Social Environment, Case Studies, Organizational Development, Community Development
The Study of People, Programs, Places and Processes: Canadian Adult Education Literature, 1977-1984.
PDF pending restorationDobson, John R. A. – 1984
A study was conducted to identify the major areas of investigation in recent Canadian adult education literature. During the study, questionnaires were distributed to 216 adult educators located at 32 postsecondary educational institutions throughout Canada. Materials including 556 articles, books, reports, and proceedings papers were identified.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Canadian Literature
Taylor, Maurice, Ed.; Bedard, Rene, Ed. – 1992
Among 8 French and 54 English papers in this report are the following: "Marks on Paper" (Andruske); "A Multifaceted Approach to Program Evaluation" (Barabash-Pope et al.); "Marine Incidents and their Prevention through Education" (Boshier); "Exploring Needs of Adult Students in Postsecondary Institutions"…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Standing Conference on Univ. Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults. – 1997
This CD-ROM contains 693 papers on university teaching and research in the education of adults that were presented during the 27-year period from 1970 through 1997. The CD-ROM is designed to be used with the Macintosh, Windows 95, and Windows 3.1 operating systems and Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (version 3), which is included along with…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education
