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Sonst. Personen | Roberts, Stephen K. (Hrsg.) |
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Titel | A Ministry of Enthusiasm: Centenary Essays on the Workers' Educational Association. |
Quelle | (2003), (326 Seiten) |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
ISBN | 0-7453-1908-4 |
Schlagwörter | Adult Education; Agency Role; Community Education; Educational History; Foreign Countries; Labor Education; Lifelong Learning; National Organizations; Nonschool Educational Programs; Nontraditional Education; Popular Education; Unions; Voluntary Agencies; Volunteers; Womens Education; United Kingdom Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; ; Gemeinschaftserziehung; Nachbarschaftserziehung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Ausland; Labour education; Arbeitserziehung; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Befreiungspädagogik; Freiwilliger; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Großbritannien |
Abstract | This collection of scholarly essays marks the centenary of the Workers' Educational Association (WEA), the largest voluntary provider of adult education in the United Kingdom. The chapters are as follows: "Introduction" (Roberts); "The WEA The Foundation and the Founder" (Jennings); "Battersea and the Formation of the Workers' Educational Association" (Creighton); "The First Students in the Workers' Educational Association: Individual Enlightenment and Collective Advance" (Goldman); "R. H. Tawney and the WEA" (Rusoff); "The Evolution of the WEA in the West Midlands, 1905-26" (Roberts); "The Friends and Enemies of the WEA" (Jennings); "'A Hard Rain's A-gonna Fall': The National Association and Internationalism 1918-39" (Atkins); "Survival, Growth and Retreat: The WEA in Wartime, 1939-45" (Field); "Unions, Adult Education and Post-war Citizenship: The WEA and the Construction of Trade Union Education" (Holford); "Ideology and Provision: The WEA and the Politics of Workers' Education in Early Twentieth-century Scotland" (Duncan); "The WEA and Workers' Education in Early Twentieth-century Wales" (Lewis); "Women's Involvement in the WEA and Women's Education" (Munby); "Literature, Cultural Studies and the WEA" (Tatton); "From Day Release to Lifelong Learning: Workplace Education and the WEA after 1964" (Caldwell, Roberts); "WEA Values in the Twenty-first Century" (Jones). Contains a chronology of the WEA and a section entitled "WEA Voices." All articles include substantial references. (MO) |
Anmerkungen | Pluto Press, 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA, United Kingdom (distributed in the U.S. by Stylus Publishing Inc., 22883 Quicksilver Drive, Sterling, VA 20166-2012 ($75). Tel: 703-661-1581; Tel: 800-232-0223 (Toll Free); Fax: 703-661-1501; e-mail: styluspub@aol.com. |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |