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Abstract:
This article analyses policy and practice in social and cultural education for adults in England in the post Second World War era, beginning with the flowering of municipal adult education and the expansion of university extra-mural provision. It tracks the emerging policy focus on extending participation to under-represented groups, and on securing a rich breadth of curriculum (life-wide learning), which flowered in the 1990s. It maps, and deprecates the subsequent narrowing of public investment to an increasingly utilitarian focus on qualifications for labour market participation with... [+] Show more
Subjects: Lifelong learning; Policy; Teaching and learning; Adult and community education; Equity; Outcomes
Keywords: History; Educational policy; Educational practice; Policy analysis; Adult learning; Curriculum; Access to education and training; Relevance of education and training
Geographic subjects: England; Great Britain; Europe
Published: Abingdon, England: Taylor and Francis, 2017
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