scholarly journals Unearthing Canada’s Hidden Past: A Short History of Adult Education

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Kolenick
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Short History ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Adult Education

Social Justice and Adult Education

2014 ◽  
pp. 143-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Robin Russo
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Social Roles ◽  
Adult Educators ◽  
History Of ◽  
Current Context ◽  
Class Hegemony ◽  
History Of Adult Education

It should be understood that the importance of adult education is to illuminate the current context in which the adult functions. This adult frames directly linked with the construct of social justice. Adult education is examined under two frames: (a) Merriam and Brockett (1997) who define adult education as “…activities intentionally designed for the purpose of bringing about learning among those whose age, social roles, or self-perception define them as adults” and, (b) Horton's philosophy developed under the Highlander Folk School. Understanding this correlation of adult education within a social-political phenomena, the nature of adult education may belong to a wide-ranging spectrum of teaching and learning in terms of: (a) media messaging and the rhetoric that may be inculcating adults, ultimately swaying public opinion; (b) adult messaging and totalitarian implications; (c) adult education and the state; (d) knowledge of history; (e) the history of adult education and how it has been instrumental in social justice; and (f) what adult education, inclusive of adult educators, must do to mitigate class hegemony.

scholarly journals The development of adult education in the Victoria University College district following the Adult education acts of 1938 and 1947 : an essay towards a history

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
John Gilwell Mclevie
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Home Office ◽  
University College ◽  
History Of ◽  
Historical Themes ◽  
History Of Adult Education

This thesis does not seek to trace the full history of Adult Education in the Victoria University College District. Although such a history would be of value to those concerned with Adult Education, its size would be beyond the scope of this thesis. It will seek to show the broader influences of the 1938 and 1947 Adult Education Acts, as they have affected the development of Adult Education within the Victoria University College District. This will involve a discussion of many historical themes, but it will concentrate largely on the organisational and administrative aspects which have sought to give to Adult Education an identity of its own, whilst setting it in the pattern of life-long education linked with school, home, office, farm and factory.

scholarly journals In search of identity: Adult education in Bosnia and Herzegovina between the socialist legacy and neoliberal tendencies

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 37-52
Author(s):  
Amina Isanović Hadziomerović
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Private Institutions ◽  
The European Union ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One ◽  
Historical Accounts ◽  
History Of Adult Education

The paper presents an analysis of the key processes in the field of adult education in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) referring to its socialist past and current tendencies dominantly motivated by the country’s aspiration towards accession to the European Union (EU). Any effort to offer a systematic overview of the history of adult education in BiH faces ambiguity and a lack of systematic data. Unlike other parts of the education system where historical accounts are to a certain extent preserved and subject to scholarly studies and investigations, adult education in BiH seems to be a field without a documented past. Based on critical discourse analysis, the paper intends to unravel the intricate socio-political texture that has shaped the key themes in adult education both in the country’s socialist past and its democratic present. The results of the analysis indicate several quite clear patterns: (a) the ambiguous treatment of the socialist past, from romanticising to annihilating its achievements and arrangements; (b) the rise of private institutions in adult education in the post-socialist period and the diversification of the education on offer; and (c) tensions between aspirations towards global and European trends on the one hand and insistence on localisation in terms of shaping adult education policy on the other.  

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