Social, political and economic change and social exclusion and educational disadvantage in the countryside are factors in what has become a crisis in rural communities throughout the UK. This book, an edited collection of key readings, uses a combination of analytical understanding and practical experience to deepen the analysis of current rural experience and to pose practical questions as to how continuing education can develop an agenda for lifelong learning in rural communities. The first section of the book charts lifelong learning in the UK, from the history of adult learning in rural co
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Social, political and economic change and social exclusion and educational disadvantage in the countryside are factors in what has become a crisis in rural communities throughout the UK. This book, an edited collection of key readings, uses a combination of analytical understanding and practical experience to deepen the analysis of current rural experience and to pose practical questions as to how continuing education can develop an agenda for lifelong learning in rural communities. The first section of the book charts lifelong learning in the UK, from the history of adult learning in rural communities to the wider context of the current crisis. The second section of the book provides case studies drawn from individual rural areas of Scotland, England and Wales.
Chapters in the book are: Introduction: learning and the countryside / Fred Gray; Rural society, social change and continuing education: from wild Wales to the Aga saga / Ian Davidson; Social exclusion and lifelong learning in rural areas / Peter Ryley; Rural adult education in Britain: a historical survey / William R. Jones; Combating rural social exclusion: adult guidance and lifelong learning in Mid and West Wales / Sue Pester; Stimulating science in rural areas / John R. Nicholson; Learning within reach / Roseanne Benn; Rural Broadnet and the electronic village hall / Len Graham and John O’Donoghue; A third-age rural learners’ project / Marie Askham; The Fenland Oral History Project / Susan Oosthuizen; The University of the Highlands and Islands project: a rural curriculum delivered remotely / Jane Plenderleith and Veronica Adamson; Towards a University of the Moors: widening participation in North Yorkshire / Peter Ryley.
Selected individual papers are indexed from TD/TNC 72.40 to TD/TNC 72.51.
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