The adult education centre
Cultures of affluence, cultures of poverty
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11424164 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Payne (0000-0003-4761-3712), John H Payne (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 217-233 |
| Publication date | 1992-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Lifelong Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0260-1370 • E-ISSN: 1464-519X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0260137920110305 |
| OpenAlex | W2083368096 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
This paper contrasts a number of different cultures existing within Adult Education. It incorporates theoretical perspectives from Bourdieu and Williams with case‐study material obtained through observation, questionnaire and interview at a South London adult education centre in 1986/87. Bourgeois culture is seen as the exception rather than the rule in adult education. Adult education provides space for a number of alternative cultural formulations, but they operate within a predominantly middle‐class atmosphere. Equal opportunities and the social justice dimension of adult education represent a new cultural formulation, but without further developmental work cannot yet be regarded as significant interventions in a society deeply divided by gender, race and class. While the case‐study material is set in the UK of the 1980s, the theoretical perspectives are relevant to the persistence of inequality in many advanced industrial countries
Adult education · Bourgeoisie · Cultural capital · Economic growth · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Social class · Social science · Sociology · Adult and Continuing Education Topics · Gender Studies · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |