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Research paper thumbnail of Women in the world of adult education 1920–1945

Research paper thumbnail of Book Review: Women Workers’ Education, Life Narratives and Politics: Geographies, Histories, Pedagogies by Tamboukou, M

Adult Education Quarterly, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of ‘Education for Democracy’, ‘Education for Emancipation’: Historical Narratives of the Workers’ Educational Association and the Labour Colleges 1900–1920

Socialist History, Mar 1, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Working Class Adult Education in Yorkshire 1918 – 1939

This thesis considers the place of workers’ adult education in the world of the British labour mo... more This thesis considers the place of workers’ adult education in the world of the British labour movement, and what impact it may have had on worker-students as citizens. It concentrates on three voluntary working class adult education organisations – the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA), The National Council of Labour Colleges (NCLC), and the Co-operative. The WEA delivered an impartial, non sectarian, non-political programme of education in the liberal arts and humanities with the support of universities and Local Education Authorities. The NCLC promoted a programme of Marxist education, and accepted support only from working class organisations, predominantly trade unions. The Co-operative wished to develop ‘Co operative character’ through education as a means to building a ‘Co-operative Commonwealth.’ This thesis explores the extent to which each organisation made an impact in Yorkshire between the wars. It does this in a variety of ways; by analysing the diversity of though...

Research paper thumbnail of Double lives: a history of working motherhood

Women's History Review, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Who Led Leeds? Public service between the wars: building a biographical library through collaboration

Urban History, 2020

Few biographical databases exist giving any information about the lives of ‘ordinary’ local leade... more Few biographical databases exist giving any information about the lives of ‘ordinary’ local leaders. Who Led Leeds? was a public engagement project that aimed to create a biographical collection at the Leeds Central Library, detailing the lives of Leeds city councillors who served between 1918 and 1939. This article describes the project and considers the extent to which the project was successful. It also reflects on how the creation of such archives using existing resources in local studies and family history libraries has the potential to expand and enrich the field of urban history.

Research paper thumbnail of The experience of adult education: Workers’ Educational Association tutorial class logbooks as sources

History of Education, 2020

ABSTRACT This article seeks to understand how adult students perceived education as disseminated ... more ABSTRACT This article seeks to understand how adult students perceived education as disseminated by the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA). Evidence will be presented from sources not commonly studied, namely WEA student logbooks of tutorial classes. Adult students attending WEA tutorial classes in the 1920s and 1930s recorded their own personal, real-time experiences of education in the logbooks on a weekly basis. The logbooks offer a fascinating glimpse into the workings of the tutorial class, the WEA’s gold standard in education. They show how students perceived the topics being taught, related this to their wider lives, and expressed the immediate impacts that this education was having on them. This paper highlights the value of WEA logbooks, intriguing artefacts in themselves, as underused primary sources in the history of adult education. It will suggest ways using the information contained in the logbooks for future histories of education.

Research paper thumbnail of Women in the world of adult education 1920–1945

Research paper thumbnail of Book Review: Women Workers’ Education, Life Narratives and Politics: Geographies, Histories, Pedagogies by Tamboukou, M

Adult Education Quarterly, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of ‘Education for Democracy’, ‘Education for Emancipation’: Historical Narratives of the Workers’ Educational Association and the Labour Colleges 1900–1920

Socialist History, Mar 1, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Working Class Adult Education in Yorkshire 1918 – 1939

This thesis considers the place of workers’ adult education in the world of the British labour mo... more This thesis considers the place of workers’ adult education in the world of the British labour movement, and what impact it may have had on worker-students as citizens. It concentrates on three voluntary working class adult education organisations – the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA), The National Council of Labour Colleges (NCLC), and the Co-operative. The WEA delivered an impartial, non sectarian, non-political programme of education in the liberal arts and humanities with the support of universities and Local Education Authorities. The NCLC promoted a programme of Marxist education, and accepted support only from working class organisations, predominantly trade unions. The Co-operative wished to develop ‘Co operative character’ through education as a means to building a ‘Co-operative Commonwealth.’ This thesis explores the extent to which each organisation made an impact in Yorkshire between the wars. It does this in a variety of ways; by analysing the diversity of though...

Research paper thumbnail of Double lives: a history of working motherhood

Women's History Review, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Who Led Leeds? Public service between the wars: building a biographical library through collaboration

Urban History, 2020

Few biographical databases exist giving any information about the lives of ‘ordinary’ local leade... more Few biographical databases exist giving any information about the lives of ‘ordinary’ local leaders. Who Led Leeds? was a public engagement project that aimed to create a biographical collection at the Leeds Central Library, detailing the lives of Leeds city councillors who served between 1918 and 1939. This article describes the project and considers the extent to which the project was successful. It also reflects on how the creation of such archives using existing resources in local studies and family history libraries has the potential to expand and enrich the field of urban history.

Research paper thumbnail of The experience of adult education: Workers’ Educational Association tutorial class logbooks as sources

History of Education, 2020

ABSTRACT This article seeks to understand how adult students perceived education as disseminated ... more ABSTRACT This article seeks to understand how adult students perceived education as disseminated by the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA). Evidence will be presented from sources not commonly studied, namely WEA student logbooks of tutorial classes. Adult students attending WEA tutorial classes in the 1920s and 1930s recorded their own personal, real-time experiences of education in the logbooks on a weekly basis. The logbooks offer a fascinating glimpse into the workings of the tutorial class, the WEA’s gold standard in education. They show how students perceived the topics being taught, related this to their wider lives, and expressed the immediate impacts that this education was having on them. This paper highlights the value of WEA logbooks, intriguing artefacts in themselves, as underused primary sources in the history of adult education. It will suggest ways using the information contained in the logbooks for future histories of education.

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