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Bjerkaker, Sturla – Convergence, 2006
The study circle is described as a democratic and emancipatory method for learning that can be summarized in three words: learning by sharing. This method offers opportunities and possibilities for all participants to contribute their previous knowledge and experiences through open and democratic dialogue. As a method for "liberal adult…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Working Class, Adult Education, Extension Education
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Collomp, Catherine – Journal of American History, 1999
Proposes a comparison of immigration to France and the United States during the period (1880-1930) when industrialization called for a mass working-class migration. Reports that collective immigration in France led to treating foreigners as individuals, while U.S. immigration was understood as an individual act but led to the collective expression…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Comparative Analysis, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries
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Lahire, Bernard – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1991
Analyzes the oral language patterns of students from working class backgrounds, revealing a preference for practical efficiency of communication over grammatical correctness or precision. By school standards, their spoken narrations are confused, incoherent, and incorrect, leading to cultural misunderstandings, mutual incomprehension, and…
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Grammatical Acceptability
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Leberstein, Stephen – Paedagogica Historica, 1999
Explores the range of the French syndicalist movement's educational project that encompassed student-worker groups, model schools and camps, youth groups, teacher syndicates, and most importantly, the Bourses du Travail (labor exchanges). Analyzes whether the project was an effective means to achieving syndicalist political goals. (CMK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Educational History, Foreign Countries