Unit 14: Adults and Education. Educational Studies: A Second Level Course, E222: The Control of Education in Britain.

Overview & Synopsis

This document is a curriculum outline for a unit of a course about adult education in Great Britain. The objectives of the unit are the following: (1) to identify existing forms of provision for adult education and training; (2) to relate existing provision to explicit policies and to existing demand; (3) to understand the character of the relationship between provision for adult education and training and the provision of education and training at other levels; (4) to identify differences in the objectives and in the influence of the various providing bodies; and (5) to review the current policies for future development in this area. Material covered in the unit includes adult education in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland; training programs for adults; and the interelationship of adults, education, training, and work. Activities are included for the various information areas. (KC)