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Carter, Susan L. – McGill Journal of Education, 2013
In this article, I argue that a concentrated focus on everyday informal learning about unions is critical not only to re-thinking union education programs, but to the overall project of union renewal. The article offers, by way of example, an inquiry into the grievance system as a routine (and central) union practice and a key site of informal…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Unions, Labor Education, Learning Theories
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Hanson, Cindy L. – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2014
For almost two decades, the Prairie School for Union Women (PSUW) has operated in Saskatchewan, Canada. Its use of feminist popular education, adult learning principles in facilitation, and mentoring and support for activist practices make it unique from other labour schools in many respects. This paper focuses on a community-based participatory…
Descriptors: Feminism, Adult Learning, Action Research, Participatory Research
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Ng, Winnie – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: This paper aims to report on the author's recent research examining the meaning and practices of educating for solidarity, specifically from anti-racism and decolonizing perspective. The research is part of the critical exploration on new educational approaches on solidarity building among workers and trade union members in the broader…
Descriptors: Action Research, Unions, Autobiographies, Working Class
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D'Amico, Deborah – Adult Learning, 2011
To provide equitable access to formal, nonformal and workplace learning, experts urge community, business, education and government partnerships. While membership in unions continues to decline and "opportunities for entry-level workers to become skilled workers is lessening," the partnership described in this article shows that it is…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Urban Universities, Partnerships in Education, Adult Education
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Kopsen, Susanne – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze learning in a Swedish trade union board in a workplace, according to contemporary challenges in working life and conditions, of decentralization and local independency of trade union work and learning. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on ethnographic studies of two Swedish local trade…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Ethnography, Unions, Learning Processes
Kalela, Jorma – Adult Education in Finland, 1987
Reports on a project undertaken by members of the Finnish Paperworkers' Union to record the history of their union. Members organized themselves into 40 study circles, with each circle tackling a different aspect of the history. Support was provided by the union historian. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Labor Education, Research Committees
Parsons, Michael D. – Lifelong Learning, 1987
Describes a model for delivering stress education programs to union members. Steps include (1) providing an understanding of stress, (2) examining clinical effects of stress, (3) reviewing coping techniques, and (4) linking the first three steps in order to develop a plan for dealing with stress. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Coping, Models, Quality of Working Life
Pihl, Bent – Labour Education, 1988
Discusses how unions with strong leadership training can help workers with their problems and describes the education needs of union members. Describes typical union policies for workers' education, as well as essential features of a workers' education program. Covers curriculum development and long-range planning. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Agents, Curriculum, Labor Education
Soifer, Rena; And Others – New Directions for Continuing Education, 1989
When labor, management, and literacy educators collaborate to develop a learner-centered literacy program, literacy educators must be willing to learn about the work and lives of industrial workers. The Academy at Eastern Michigan University is an alternative to traditional adult basic education that engages adults in collaborative learning.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Participative Decision Making
Maunders, Keith – Labour Education, 1988
The author reports on his experience in organizing and running a two-week workshop for finance officers of African trade unions. A notable aspect of this was an attempt to use action learning methodology. He illustrates the advantages and the barriers to applying the action learning philosophy in a relatively short-period, off-site training…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adult Education, Course Organization, Experiential Learning
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Barasch, Frances K. – Change, 1981
A new source of students, workers eligible for tuition aid plans offered as incentives or negotiated by unions, is seen as a significant development for higher education. Some worker education programs are described. Low participation rates are seen as the result of lack of information. (MLW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Educational Demand, Extension Education
Fried, Emanuel – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1980
The reflections of worker-students at United Auto Workers Local 686 who participated in the humanities curriculum for adults developed at State University of New York College in Buffalo are presented. Most of the workers said they would never again be satisfied with their lives, especially their worklives. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Blue Collar Occupations, Creative Development