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Grace, Andre P.

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Canadian and US adult learning (1945-1970) and the cultural politics and place of lifelong learning

This essay examines adult learning in Canada and USA (1945-1970) when educators hoped to establish academic adult e... Show more
This essay examines adult learning in Canada and USA (1945-1970) when educators hoped to establish academic adult education as a cultural force to help citizens negotiate their way amidst the rapid changes to life, learning and work in the postindustrial society. It focuses on the idea of lifelong learning and in particular it attempts to explicate a cultural politics of lifelong learning, which academic adult educators hoped would give the field a higher profile. The author considers two key factors: the problematic relationship between public education, for children, and adult education and how this interfered with a post-war turn to lifelong learning; and secondly, the shift in the meaning of social education. Andre Grace argues that the post-war discourse of democracy delimits the meaning of the social, locating it mainly within a concern with preserving the dominant culture and society. Show less

Authors: Grace, Andre P.

Date: 2000

Geographic subjects: North America; United States; Canada

Resource type: Article

Journal title: International journal of lifelong education

Subjects: Performance; Lifelong learning; Adult and community education ... [+] Show more