The Marginalized Role of Non-formal Education in the Development of Adult Education

Authors

  • Diane Mirth University of Alberta

Abstract

In 1998, James Draper challenged adult educators in the introduction to his chronology to build on his chronology and to ask questions of history that might help us to understand the influence that "learning has had in directing and enriching the development of individual men and women." This paper attempts to respond to that challenge and provide an explication of the development of adult education in context: the context being the historical and social developments of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries with special attention and examination of the developments in and marginalization of non-formal adult education. The social, religious, philosophical and historical context of non-formal adult education demonstrates the contextual framework embedded in adult education and reveals a movement of voluntary organizations that have carried on massive non-formal educational endeavours.

Résumé

En 1998, dans l'introduction de sa chronologic, James Draper a mis au défi les formateurs d'adultes d'ajouter à sa chronologie et de poser des questions d'histoire susceptibles de nous aider à comprendre le rôle que «l'apprentissage a joué dans l'orientation et l'enrichissement du développement des individus, hommes ou femmes. » Cet article tente de relever ce défi et offre une explication du développement de la formation permanente dans un contexte particulier. L'examen de ce contexte, constitué par les développements historiques et sociaux du 19 siècle et du début du 20 siècle, porte une attention toute particulière aux développements et à la marginalisation de la formation permanente non-institutionnelle. Le contexte social, religieux, philosophique et historique de la formation permanente non-institutionnelle met en relief le cadre contextuel intégré à la formation permanente et fait apparaître un mouvement composé d'organismes bénévoles qui ont poursuivi une énorme entreprise d'éducation informelle.

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Published

2003-05-01

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Mirth, D. (2003). The Marginalized Role of Non-formal Education in the Development of Adult Education. Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 17(1), 19–45. Retrieved from https://cjsae.library.dal.ca/cjsae/article/view/1869

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Vol. 17 No. 1 (2003)

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