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Direct linkBroek, Simon; Hake, Barry J. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2012
This article contains an analysis of policies aimed at increasing the participation of adults in higher education (HE) in seven countries (NL, DK, SE, UK, BE Flanders, DE and the state of California in the USA). In order to maintain their economic competitiveness, many countries have developed policies to increase the participation of adults in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, Program Effectiveness, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedHake, Barry J. – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1998
Explores the meeting ground between Christian Socialist and Social Democratic ideas and practices in the development of adult education between 1900 and 1930 in the United Kingdom and Scandinavia, focusing on cross-cultural dissemination and reception of Christian Socialism and the influence of the Woodbrooke Settlement in the United Kingdom and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational History, Educational Principles
Peer reviewedHake, Barry J. – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1996
The reception and dissemination of the Scandinavian "folkehojskolen" (folk high school) and the development of residential adult education in the Netherlands in the 1920s and 1930s are described, focusing on Hermien van der Heide as a cultural intermediary. The discussion is a historical case study of cross-cultural communication. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Schools, Cross Cultural Studies
