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Peer reviewedThomson, Cathie – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 1991
The recommendations of Scotland's 1975 Alexander Report for increasing adult education participation and Tom Lovett's development of a social action model with working class adults in Liverpool and Ireland are used as background to an examination of Scottish projects that use a community work approach to involve nonparticipating adults in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Control, Community Development, Community Organizations
Download full textDepartment of Education and Science, Dublin (Ireland). – 2000
Previously ignored, lifelong learning became a governing principle of Irish educational policy in 2000. Participation trends in education were assessed including early school leaving by males, poor educational levels of older adults, low literacy levels throughout the population, and educational barriers experienced by women. Resulting government…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Students
