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MacKeracher, Dorothy – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2009
Canada emerged as a nation through a confederation of provinces beginning in 1867. Since that time, responsibility for educational endeavors at all levels (elementary, secondary, and tertiary) has been assigned to the provincial governments, a responsibility they zealously guard. The federal government's role is to provide monies or transfer…
Descriptors: Social Change, Foreign Countries, Institutional Characteristics, Program Descriptions
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Rubenson, Kjell – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2005
Social class has strongly influenced the development of social policies about adult education. Present policy discourses are a result of weakening working-class interests.
Descriptors: Adult Education, Social Class, Educational Policy, Public Policy