Reviews adult education in relation to the social movements of 1960s and 1970s and the narrowing focus in the recessionary 1980s. Highlights two trends in Canadian adult education: further vocationalization and a shift from institutions to independent adult learning. (SK)

The author contends there are many American myths operating in the schools at a subtle level which keep the poor and disadvantaged uncomplaining and apathetic. Basic adult education has not reached those most in need of it and does not deal with topics relevant to those people. Paulo Freire's approach of consciousness raising would reach that…

Explores the meanings and uses of the concept "global civil society." Looks at networks and networking as key practices in civil society. Examines the role of adult education. (SK)

During the 1940s and 1950s the U.S. Communist Party upgraded and broadened its adult education schools, abandoning or ideologically modifying the militant pedagogical centres that had sprung up during the 1920s and 1930s in many American cities. In New York the transformation was complicated as two Party schools (the Workers School and the School…

Although civil society is promoted as an alternative to the global marketplace, feminist critiques identify the failure of civil society discourse to address women's experiences. An inclusive civil society should reflect issues and concerns of both the homeplace and the workplace as they affect each person's life. (SK)

Describes the life and work of Father James J. Tompkins, a Canadian Catholic priest who preached "think, study, act"--social vision proceeding to group enlightenment leading to social action. (SK)

Answers the following questions about transformative research: (1) is the concept needed? (2) does it represent a new methodology? (3) how does it relate to social movements? and (4) is it limited to postindustrial societies? (SK)

Society and culture change more rapidly than school systems. The expansion of leisure time has not been accompanied by a parallel growth in opportunities for continuing self-education. The best educated adults are most likely to take advantage of adult education. A restructuring of society and of the educational system, to make acquisition of…

Reflecting on his personal experience in adult education, Duke finds some reason for optimism in the progress made by projects of the International Council on Adult Education and the International Literacy Year. Charts areas needing further development: environment, women's education, and eradication of poverty. (SK)

Examines Julius Nyerere's critique of the role of adult education in colonial and postcolonial conditions. Proposes that his philosophy of education for self-reliance seeks to humanize education and promote social change and development of an egalitarian society. (Contains 36 references.) (SK)

Since the founding of the modern Chinese state in 1949 until the end of the century, China has mobilised and experienced several social/political movements and economic transformations. Entering the twenty-first century, China's repositioning within the global context has brought about its new national policy and blueprint to build a socialist…

Soon after remnants of the Long March reached Yan'an, the Communist Party established adult and higher education institutions. K'angta--the anti-Japanese university--was at the centre of attempts to resist foreign invaders and, after October 1, 1949, became a model for the rest of China. K'angta owed much to Mao's essays On Practice and On…

Edgar Snow scored an extraordinary scoop in 1936 when he persuaded Mao Zedong to tell his story. The resulting book--"Red Star Over China"--was a best-seller in the West and translated editions caused a sensation in China. Adult education was the centrepiece of Communist revolution and featured prominently in Red Star. It is now the…

In 1945, the Conrad (Montana) Study Group began a commitment to long-term community action that illustrates the principles of transformative research: awareness, active involvement, and social reconstruction. (SK)