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Study skills are a vital part of higher education access programs, enabling students to benefit fully from the higher education experience. An integrated approach that lets students learn how to learn in context is advoc...
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Raymond Williams, a British adult educator, believed that community must be at the heart of education and that education must involve the primary organizations of the working class, such as trade unions, to be effective....
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Reviews the life and work of British adult educator Raymond Williams, including his ideological bases, teaching methods, and publications post-World War II to 1960. Includes 195 reference notes. (SK)...
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A British university-union project developed courses for union members that examined changes affecting industry, the work force, and social, political, and economic systems,as well as the role of unions in response. In c...
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Waves of activity in British workers' education include (1) initiation (1899-1920), with the establishment of the Workers' Education Association; (2) consolidation (1920-1940), with the formation of the National Council ...
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Sketches the historical and contemporary context of special funding for university adult and continuing education in Britain. Examines in detail developments in extramural education since 1979. Considers the impact of th...
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The current involvement of British universities in continuing education is reviewed, and recent developments in liberal, professional, and vocational education are discussed. Obstacles to integrating continuing education...
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This book traces the process by which the British government's formal commitment to increasing access to higher education and expanding continuing education has gone hand in hand with severe cuts in extramural department...
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The author briefly reviews the recent history of university community outreach programs in the United Kingdom. He then argues for a balanced continuing education that develops the liberal approach and transcends the limi...
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Discusses the political environment surrounding British adult continuing education. Includes (1) a sketch of current educational politics; (2) a discussion of the relationship among university, government, and society; (...
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Discusses the involvement of British universities with workers' education and recent developments in university adult education. Reviews the ways in which university provision for trade unionists has developed in practic...
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Provides an overview of recent developments of trade union education and examines some of the problems that have arisen. (JOW)...
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This article reviews developments and trends in trade union education in the United Kingdom. Priorities for the eighties constituting a major concern for the Trades Union Congress and the Workers' Educational Association...