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A ministry of enthusiasm : centenary essays on the Workers' Educational Association / edited by Stephen K. Roberts.
Van Pelt Library LC5256.G7 M56 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Workers' Educational Association--History.
- Workers' Educational Association.
- Adult education--Great Britain--History.
- Adult education.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 326 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto, 2003.
- Summary:
- This volume marks the centenary of The Workerbs Educational Association, the UKbs oldest, largest and most successful provider of adult education courses in the voluntary sector.With contributions from practitioners and scholars in adult education, it sets the WEA in its historical and social context, tracing its development, and asks key questions about the provision of adult education today. Has it become a middle-class movement? Is it an instrument of social change or is it an academic institution along classical lines? Is it an autonomous voluntary organization or has it become an arm of the state educational service? The contributors provide answers to these questions from a variety of perspectives.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0745319084
- 0745319076
- OCLC:
- 53937668
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