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Direct linkSchuller, Tom – Adults Learning, 2012
Adult Learners' Week has whirled round again, but the author has been looking backwards. An invitation to speak at an event to mark the retirement of Richard Bolsin as General Secretary of the Workers' Educational Association prompted him at last to get hold of Jonathan Rose's "Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes." Rose's concern is…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Foreign Countries, Working Class
Peer reviewedTurner, Robert – History of Education, 2009
A key factor motivating the organisation of tutorial classes for adult learners, based on collaboration between the Workers' Educational Association and universities in England and Wales, was a belief that they offered an educational vehicle for the promotion of liberal concepts of political citizenship. Attempts to disseminate this tutorial class…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Citizenship, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Woodin, Tom – History of Education, 2005
The Federation of Worker Writers and Community Publishers was set up in 1976 by a number of independent writing and publishing groups to support and develop the writing of working class and other marginalized people. Focusing on the development of individuals within a collective organization over the previous three decades provides important…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Workshops, Working Class, Writing Difficulties
Williamson, Bill – Adults Learning, 2005
The General Election is over. People now know that the policies for lifelong learning will remain as before: to promote competitiveness through skills and access to educational opportunities for groups previously denied them. The list of potential beneficiaries is a long one: (1) working class people in general (especially those with basic skills…
Descriptors: Working Class, Global Approach, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries
Merrill, Barbara – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2004
Adult education in the United Kingdom is historically associated with working-class movements in the nineteenth century. In recent years, however, with the popularity of postmodernism, social class has become a neglected concept among sociologists and adult educators. Wider participation strategies have increased the number of adult students…
Descriptors: Working Class, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Adults Learning, 2004
It's that time of year again and "Adults Learning" has once more asked some of the outstanding authors who have contributed to the journal over the past 12 months to nominate their best and most valuable reads of 2004. The authors are: (1) Judith Summers; (2) Thomas Sticht; (3) Alison Wolf; (4) Tom Schuller; (5) Linden West; (6) Brian…
Descriptors: Authors, Adult Learning, Reading Materials, Periodicals
