-
Mechanics Institutes
Technical schools founded in England for adult education. -
Period: to
John Dewey
John Dewey continually argues that education and learning are social and interactive processes, and thus the school itself is a social institution through which social reform can and should take place. -
Period: to
Eduard Lindeman
Eduard Lindeman “Adult education is a co-operative venture in non-authoritarian, informal learning the chief purpose of which is to discover the meaning of experience; a quest of the mind which digs down to the roots of the preconceptions which formulate our conduct; a technique of learning for adults which makes education coterminous with life, and hence elevates living itself to the level of an experiment.” -
Period: to
Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget was a major Cognitivist theorist along with Bruner and Vygotsky. -
Frontier College
Canadian adult literacy organization. -
Workers' Educational Association
The Workers’ Educational Association is a UK based organization that provides access to education and lifelong learning for adults from all backgrounds, and in particular those who have previously missed out on education. -
Period: to
Myles Horton
Eduard Lindeman was an American educator and cofounder of the Highland Folk School. -
Period: to
Malcolm Knowles
Malcolm Knowles was an American educator who espoused the theory of Andragogy and the development of Humanist Learning Theory. -
Women's Institutes
Women’s Institutes are British, community-based organizations for women. -
Period: to
Paulo Freire
Paulo Freire was a Brazilian educator and philosopher who was an important developer of critical pedagogy and informal education. -
Period: to
Chris Argyris
Chris Argyris promoted the ideas of Organizational Learning and co-author Donald Schön. -
Antigonish Movement
The Antigonish Movement blended adult education, co-operatives, microfinance and rural community development to help small, resource-based communities around the east coast improve their economic and social circumstances. -
Period: to
Jack Mezirow
Jack Mezirow is the founder of the concept of transformative learning. -
Period: to
Donald Schön
Donald Schön promoted the ideas of Organizational Learning and co-author Chris Argyris. -
Banff School of Fine Arts
An adult education arts school. -
National Film Board
The NFB is a publicly owned organization that produces and distributes documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions. -
National Farm Radio Forum
An adult education program transmitted by radio.
