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Eckstein, Harry – Daedalus, 1984
Examines the processes by which segments of society previously excluded from membership in political and socio-economic institutions are incorporated into these institutions as citizens. Emphasis is on expectations and disillusions. The role that school and the workplace play in civic inclusion are specifically discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Comparative Education, Educational History
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Coppock, David A. – History of Education: The Journal of the History of Education Society, 1997
Shows that despite moves during the 1840s in England to use teacher training to raise working-class members into the lower levels of white-collar society, elementary teaching was dominated by the lower middle class. Provides evidence from a sample of pupil teachers in Birmingham during the years 1850 through 1900. (DSK)
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Education, European History, Foreign Countries
Rohfield, Rae Wahl, Ed. – 1990
The 19 papers in this conference report examine the formative period of the field of adult education, the development of workers' education, and the interrelationships of the two fields. The four papers in Section I, on defining adult education are: "Challenging the System: The Adult Education Movement and the Educational Bureaucracy of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Blacks, Educational Development