| Description |
x, 163 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Global perspectives on adult education and training |
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Global perspectives on adult education and training.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Ideology, Discourse and Learning -- 3. Learning in a Green Campaign -- 4. The Neighbourhood House: Site of Struggle, Site of Learning -- 5. Adult Education and Capitalist Reorganisation -- 6. Learning in Brazilian Women's Organisations -- 7. Political Education in the Zimbabwe Liberation Struggle -- 8. Conclusion |
| Summary |
"This book seeks to increase our understanding of those informal circumstances in which people learn. Adult educators, Professor Foley argues, ought not to neglect the importance of the incidental learning which can take place when people become involved in voluntary organisations, social struggles and political activity. In developing this argument, he uses case studies from the USA, Australia and Third World countries and embracing very diverse political, environmental, women's, and workers' struggles. He shows how involvement in social action can help people to unlearn dominant, oppressive discourses and learn instead oppositional, liberatory ones. He relates these processes of informal learning in contested contexts to current thinking and practice in adult education and points the way to a more radical agenda." "For adult educators, community workers and others working with socially engaged citizens, the insights and lessons of this book ought to be especially useful as they try to develop their own practice in such contexts."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
'... first published by Zed Books Ltd. ... in association with the Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association (IIZ-DVV) ...' -- T.p. verso |
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'Published in paperback in the United Kingdom by NIACE, the National Organization for Adult Learning ...' -- T.p. verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Adult education -- Social aspects.
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Adult education.
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Non-formal education -- Case studies.
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Non-formal education.
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Popular education.
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Experiential learning.
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Social action.
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Socialism and education.
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| Author |
Deutscher Volkshochschulverband. Institut für Internationale Zusammenarbeit.
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National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (England and Wales)
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| LC no. |
00002035 |
| ISBN |
185649683X |
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1856496848 |
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1862010676 |
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