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This
distinguished collection of essays describes and seeks to analyse the relationship
between adult education and the broader process of social change. The essays
focus on two periods, the period from 1919 to 1945, and the post war-years
to 1988.
Bodies such as the WEA, Ruskin College, the National Council of Labour colleges and the Plebs League have all played their part in the education of generations of working class people. This books explores the trade unions' role in adult education, the Marxist challenge to conventional schools of thought, the role and potential of adult education in a period of rapid social change and the contemporary challenges facing adult education, as well as providing local studies.
Brian Simon, Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Leicester, is one of Britain's foremost educational historians. Among his numerous publications are an acclaimed four-volume history of education in England and Wales, and what Future for Education?