Beschreibung:
This title was first published in 2000. Emanating from a two year action research project aimed at devising higher education courses for excluded social groups, this book examines ways in which UK higher education can be accessed and valued by adults who have previously been excluded. It also explores the topical argument that education contributes to building social as well as human capital - a necessary feature of citizenship and sustainable communities.
Contents: Context: Introduction; A kind of higher education; Action and research; Surveying the provision. Exploring the Kind of Higher Education Debates: Skills and lifelong learning in the community; A curriculum off-limits: social and cultural relevance; Educational guidance: customer or citizen?; Technology in the community. The Learners' Stories: Introduction; Nurturing social capital in communities: women in East Lancs; Nurturing social capital in communities: the DAB centre; Nurturing social capital in communities: the Bridge centre; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.