1st Edition
Adult and Continuing Education in Australia Issues and Practices
1. Adult and Continuing Education in Universities and Colleges
Anne Forster, John G. Hedberg and Susan Knights
2. Adult Education at a Distance
Maureen Smith
3. Technical and Further Education (TAFE) and Adult Education in Australia
John McIntyre
4. Radical Adult Education
Griff Foley
5. English and the Non-English Speaking Migrant
Dorothy Brown and Gabriel C.J. Lomas
6. Towards an Aboriginal Controlled Adult Education
Griff Foley, Norma Ingram, Rick Flowers, Steve Camilleri
7. Invisible ‘Owners’: Women in Australian Adult Education
Deborah Davisonand and Helen Gribble
8. Trade Union Education in Australia
Roger Morris
9. Adult Basic Education in Australia: Questions of Integrity
Rosie Wickert and Julia Zimmerman
10. The Development of the University of the Third Age in Australia
Ann Whyte
11. Rural Adult Education
Beth Hansen
12. The Evolution of Evening Colleges in New South Wales
Brian Peace, Mark Tennant and Pat Manser
Biography
Mark Tennant is Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. He is internationally known for his scholarly work on learning and education which focuses on promoting professional and personal formation and organizational and social change. His research has also engaged generally with issues and practices in post-school education being delivered in or by workplaces, educational institutions, professional and industry organisations, and community groups.
Review of the first publication:
‘Mark Tennant is to be congratulated on the enterprise of getting these authors together, and bringing forth a substantial addition to our sparse indigenous literature.’
— Alistair Crombie, The Australian National University
