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Direct linkHart, Mechthild – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2005
Everyone is dependent on caring labor. Because women's labor is financially beneficial to global capitalism, gender is inseparable from class, regardless of the specific national or cultural contexts.
Descriptors: Labor Force, Social Action, Gender Issues, Social Class
Foley, Griff – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2005
Asserting that the working class has a distinctive learning style, this chapter argues for a supportive, challenging, and class-conscious pedagogy.
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Working Class, Social Class, Social Differences
Nesbit, Tom – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2005
In summarizing earlier arguments for privileging a class perspective on adult education, this chapter considers that perspective's practical relevance and suggests resources for further reading.
Descriptors: Social Class, Adult Education, Social Influences, Power Structure
Rubenson, Kjell – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2005
Social class has strongly influenced the development of social policies about adult education. Present policy discourses are a result of weakening working-class interests.
Descriptors: Adult Education, Social Class, Educational Policy, Public Policy
