Sex Bias in the Schools
Sex Bias in the Schools

Author: Janice Pottker

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 586

ISBN-13: 9780838614648

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The 41 selections included in this volume represent the best examples of the use of different research techniques to document empirically the existence of sex bias in the schools and its effects on American women and girls.

Routledge Library Editions: Adult Education
Routledge Library Editions: Adult Education

Author: Various Authors

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2020-03-31

Total Pages: 6639

ISBN-13: 0429771673

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Against a background of profound wordwide social and economic change, the purpose of schooling and the place of learning in our everyday lives, educational institutions are opening up to those traditionally deprived of the opportunity. These books, originally published between 1979 and 1992 with many including global case studies reflect upon major issues confronting adult educators worldwide and discuss the role of adult education in social and community action; examine the relationship between class and adult education; look at the concept of culture and the transmission of cultural values in relations to adult education; evaluate the role of adult education in reducing unemployment.

Adult Education as a Field of Study and Practice
Adult Education as a Field of Study and Practice

Author: Duncan D. Campbell

Publisher: Centre for Continuing Education, University of British Columbia

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13:

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This document contains an overview of adult education in Canada. It discusses personnel structure in adult education, the goals of training, competencies and characteristics of the adult educator, professionalism in adult education, and research and training. It looks at the process for training for adult education and examines practices in leadership development in adult education in Britain and Europe, the United States, and Canada. It also presents a case study on preferences in the content and organization of training for adult education.