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Freeman, Mark – History of Education, 2013
Like other adult education providers such as the Workers' Educational Association, the educational settlement movement was beset with political controversy during the 1920s. This article considers the relationship between the Educational Settlements Association (ESA) and its affiliated institutions, relating these to the competing political…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Democracy, Governance, Politics of Education
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Fischer, Shlomo; Hotam, Yotam; Wexler, Philip – Review of Research in Education, 2012
In this article, the authors attempt to show what it means to think about democracy and education "within" society, culture, and religion. They use the term religion to discuss both "religion" as a social phenomena and "religiosity" as a spiritual, aesthetic individual commitment to the transcendent, eternal, and…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Context Effect, Social Environment, Cultural Context