Adult learning and social change in the UK : national and local perspectives / edited by Jules Robbins and Alan Rogers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robbins, Jules, editor.

Rogers, Alan, editor.

Series:

Adult Learning, Literacy and Social Change.

Adult Learning, Literacy and Social Change

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adult education.

Continuing education.

Educational change.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Adult education offers the potential to enhance the individual's sense of agency to direct and improve their future; this is especially important in times of significant societal unrest. It may lead to social change and even social justice. This book begins with a new consideration of historical perspectives of radical adult education in the UK and how these might inform planning for future adult education which is both relevant and emancipatory. The volume aims to capture some of the 'messiness' of adult education through analysis of a wide range of its many forms and a focus on the learners themselves, the different kinds of providers and the wider community around them. Individual chapters offer insights into an environmental community gardening scheme, provision for refugees and asylum seekers, the radical role of volunteers, the impact of discussion groups for older people and the National Community Service scheme for young adults. The book considers the significance of the Sustainable Development Goals, each of which includes targets linked with adult training, awareness-raising or education. Considering the factors for effective adult education programmes for social change, this volume questions the extent to which it can be argued that positive social change results from adult education. Active learning, group learning and education which is practical, flexible and individualised may provide the best routes ahead. The wide-ranging case studies demonstrate the importance of recognising and valuing adult learners' prior knowledge, and the need for alternative approaches to assessment.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Tables

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Series Foreword

1 Being part of the social change: adult education and lessons from history Sharon Clancy

2 Radical adult education practitioners in the UK: the International League for Social Commitment in Adult Education 1984-94 Alan Tuckett

3 Adult learning and social justice: health, well-being and the inequalities of power Lyn Tett

4 Learning English in a hostile environment: a study of volunteer ESOL teachers of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK Lauren Bouttell

5 A refugee third sector learning ecology for social change: 'covert activism' Mary-Rose Puttick

6 Discussion groups with older people: an interface of participatory ageing and social change Kathleen Lane

7 Tales of adult learning, relationships and social change within the National Citizen Service Natasha Rennolds

8 The achievements of informal adult reading group talk through vernacular expression: challenging the dominant discourses of literary study John Gordon

9 Learning through the Covid-19 pandemic: how the pandemic has affected the ways in which adults experience learning in the UK Karen Fairfax-Cholmeley and Clare Meade

10 Learning to live sustainably? A case study of a community gardening scheme in Norwich Mahesh Pant

Concluding reflections Alan Rogers and Jules Robbins

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350262140

1350262145

9781350262157

1350262153

9781350262133

1350262137

OCLC:

1369671219