Art is an educational activity that can be done in any era or by any generation. Theatre art, which has contributed to the individual and social development of individuals since early times, has had a privileged place in the world of education. New approaches in the science of theatre and pedagogy have emerged in the current age and substantially…

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…

Participatory literacy programmes in developing countries are often seen as an important tool for women's empowerment and equality. This article problematises the way in which evaluation of progress towards these goals is couched in a linear trajectory, and often fails to uncover the messy reality of women's negotiations to achieve their own aims.…

Articles about labor education in the world are presented. Articles include the Danish trade unions and development education; the trade union school at Orenas and workers' education in Sweden; an industrial undertaking in Colombia made into a cooperative by its own workers; and women's trade union committees in China. (CT)

Describes the efforts of a group of young women who, drawing on the support of community organizations, established a catering service that provides a low cost, culturally diverse range of foods in an area where that option was not previously available. Discussion focuses on starting the company, dealing with competition, and job satisfaction. (CH)

Describes a project for working class women that provides them with paid educational leave to encourage them to take part in various adult education activities. Discusses why this action is especially important for women and how the women benefit from their development experiences. (CH)

An action research project was designed to test a model for providing integrated guidance and assessment services to adult women in Britain. A network of professional guidance providers were involved in delivering the services. Coordination was separate from delivery but linked into the action research and evaluation. The emphasis throughout…

Drawing on research from a number of European countries, the contributors to this book present nine detailed studies on women's work spanning 2 centuries and dealing with a variety of work environments. "General Introduction" (Gertjan de Groot, Marlou Schrover) provides an overview of the book's content. "Frames of Reference: Skill,…

This book contains 17 papers examining the various roles--learner, teacher, researcher, manager--that women have played in the development of lifelong learning. The following papers are included: "Introduction: Women and Continuing Education--Where Are We Now?" (Roseanne Benn, Jane Elliott, Pat Whaley); "Dancing into the Future:…

This manual is intended to guide development workers in their efforts to support women's enterprise development. Part I, A Framework for Women's Enterprise Development, provides a brief overview of women's changing economic situation, assistance for enterprise development, and the issues an individual development worker must consider. Part II…

A review of women's status in Europe concludes that the integration of women into the labor market, rise in their education/training levels, and wider availability of child care are not enough to enable equal access to power. Adult education can help ensure wider opportunities and freedom of choice for women. (SK)

This report on proceedings of a forum to discuss international cooperation and adult education is divided into four sessions. Each session contains panel presentations on a theme and roundtable discussions. Session one, "Literacy and Adult Education: What Are the Issues?" contains the following presentations: "Towards an…

Abstracts of material covering a variety of topics regarding vocational and labor development throughout the world are presented in the seventh dispatch. Noted, in particular, are publications regarding women in employment, management functions, recurrent education, and training and the social integration of the handicapped. The first section,…

Women returners now account for over one-third of the total labor force, but the British labor market remains strongly segregated by gender, with over 85 percent of all employed women in the service industries. A high proportion are employed part time. Despite a majority of women now returning to the labor market after breaks for childbirth and…

This publication is part of the study materials for the one-semester distance education unit, Human Resource Development, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University (Australia). It contains three essays that explore the approaches to learning currently modeled within industry. "Training for Women" (Kathy MacDermott) presents the…