Citizenship and Democracy in Further and Adult Education

• Main Author: Hopkins, Neil (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Lifelong Learning Book Series ; 18
• Subjects: Education.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Education > Philosophy.; Lifelong learning.; Adult education.; Lifelong Learning/Adult Education.; Educational Philosophy.; Philosophy of Education.

This book addresses the questions why citizenship education is an important subject for students in further and adult education and why we need democratic colleges to support the study of citizenship education. It investigates the historical roots of further and adult education and identifies how th...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Citizenship and Political Philosophy
• 3. Further and Adult Education: An Overview of Citizenship
• 4. The Apprenticeship Tradition in Further Education
• 5. Vocational Education: A European Perspective
• 6. The Self-Help Tradition in Adult Education
• 7. College Governance and Deliberative Democracy
• 8. Conclusion
• References
• Index.