"My Job Now Is to Encourage"

Autor/in	Stanistreet, Paul
Titel	"My Job Now Is to Encourage"
Quelle	In: Adults Learning, 19 (2007) 4, S.14-17 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0955-2308
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Democracy; Sustainable Development; Foreign Countries; Activism; Social Change; Democratic Values; Lifelong Learning; Role of Education; Access to Information; Political Issues; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Ausland; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Sozialer Wandel; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Bildungsauftrag; Politischer Faktor; Großbritannien
Abstract	Six years ago Tony Benn left the House of Commons "to devote more time to politics." These days he sees himself as an "untrained classroom assistant to the nation," encouraging people to take charge of their own political destinies. Benn tells the author that education is a fundamental part of that process. Education, whether it takes place in the classroom, at public meetings or on demonstrations, is "fundamental" in helping people turn their ideas and passions into change, and, for Benn, a "broadly based lifelong educational system is the main life-force of a working democracy." Benn says the loss of one million adults from publicly funded provision over the past two years suggests "a total misunderstanding of the function of education in the world in which people live." Democracy, according to Benn, demands not only freedom of information and the knowledge of how to access it, but also that people's talents and capacities are recognised. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Institute of Adult Continuing Education. Renaissance House, 20 Princess Road West, Leicester, LE1 6TP, UK. Tel: +44-1162-044200; Fax: +44-1162-044262; e-mail: enquiries@niace.org.uk; Web site: http://www.niace.org.uk/Publications/Periodicals/Default.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10