Lawrence Goldman
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198205753
- eISBN:
- 9780191676765
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198205753.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
Writing the history of university adult education after 1945 is considerably more difficult than doing it for any preceding period. In recent decades the ideals of the movement have become less ...
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Writing the history of university adult education after 1945 is considerably more difficult than doing it for any preceding period. In recent decades the ideals of the movement have become less clear; Above all, the disappearance of established working-class communities, institutions, and traditions — indeed the gradual decline of a self-conscious working class itself — and changes in the nature of academic life, have altered, if not destroyed the fundamental relationship between dons and workers. Though extramural departments obviously differed in how they responded to new circumstances, there is a sense in which the traditional adult education movement failed to take its opportunities in the 1950s and 1960sLess
Writing the history of university adult education after 1945 is considerably more difficult than doing it for any preceding period. In recent decades the ideals of the movement have become less clear; Above all, the disappearance of established working-class communities, institutions, and traditions — indeed the gradual decline of a self-conscious working class itself — and changes in the nature of academic life, have altered, if not destroyed the fundamental relationship between dons and workers. Though extramural departments obviously differed in how they responded to new circumstances, there is a sense in which the traditional adult education movement failed to take its opportunities in the 1950s and 1960s
Lawrence Goldman
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198205753
- eISBN:
- 9780191676765
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198205753.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This book is a history of university adult education since its origins in the mid-Victorian period. It focuses on the University of Oxford, which came to lead the movement for adult and working-class ...
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This book is a history of university adult education since its origins in the mid-Victorian period. It focuses on the University of Oxford, which came to lead the movement for adult and working-class education, and which imprinted it with a distinctive set of social and political objectives in the early years of the 20th century. It is also a study of the relationship between intellectuals and the working class, for it has been through the adult education movement that many of the leading figures in liberal and socialist thought have made contact with workers and their institutions over the last century and a half. The effect of adult education on such figures as T. H. Green, Arnold Toynbee, R. H. Tawney, G. D. H. Cole, William Temple, and Raymond Williams gives us an insight into the evolution of ideas from late-Victorian liberalism to 20th-century socialism. The book considers the political divisions within working-class adult education, and assesses the influence of this educational tradition on the development of the labour movement. The book is a contribution to the intellectual and political history of modern England, and one that presents an unfamiliar portrait of ‘elitist’ Oxford and its influence in the nation.Less
This book is a history of university adult education since its origins in the mid-Victorian period. It focuses on the University of Oxford, which came to lead the movement for adult and working-class education, and which imprinted it with a distinctive set of social and political objectives in the early years of the 20th century. It is also a study of the relationship between intellectuals and the working class, for it has been through the adult education movement that many of the leading figures in liberal and socialist thought have made contact with workers and their institutions over the last century and a half. The effect of adult education on such figures as T. H. Green, Arnold Toynbee, R. H. Tawney, G. D. H. Cole, William Temple, and Raymond Williams gives us an insight into the evolution of ideas from late-Victorian liberalism to 20th-century socialism. The book considers the political divisions within working-class adult education, and assesses the influence of this educational tradition on the development of the labour movement. The book is a contribution to the intellectual and political history of modern England, and one that presents an unfamiliar portrait of ‘elitist’ Oxford and its influence in the nation.
