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Technical schools founded in England for adult education.
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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.
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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.”
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Jean Piaget was a major Cognitivist theorist along with Bruner and Vygotsky.
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Canadian adult literacy organization.
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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.
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Eduard Lindeman was an American educator and cofounder of the Highland Folk School.
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Malcolm Knowles was an American educator who espoused the theory of Andragogy and the development of Humanist Learning Theory.
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Women’s Institutes are British, community-based organizations for women.
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Paulo Freire was a Brazilian educator and philosopher who was an important developer of critical pedagogy and informal education.
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Chris Argyris promoted the ideas of Organizational Learning and co-author Donald Schön.
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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.
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Jack Mezirow is the founder of the concept of transformative learning.
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Donald Schön promoted the ideas of Organizational Learning and co-author Chris Argyris.
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An adult education arts school.
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The NFB is a publicly owned organization that produces and distributes documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions.
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An adult education program transmitted by radio.
