Adult Education in Canada: Historical Essays

Gordon Selman
University of British Columbia
ISBN 1-55077-074-8, 300 pp., Paperback, $29.95 CDN /US

Written over decades during which he was an active participant, Selman describes the history of the adult education movement in Canada and the role of its major leaders.

CONTENTS

Part 1: The Meaning of Adult Education
Introduction; 1. Adult Education: An Awakening Force; 2. The Adult Educator: Change Agent or Program Technician?; 3. Between Social Movement and Profession: Perspectives on Canadian Adult Education; 4. The Fifties: Pivotal Decade in Canadian Adult Education; 5. Adult Education in Two Depressions

Part 2: Some Historical Dimensions
Introduction; 1. Stages in the Development of Canadian Adult Education (CAAE); 2. Adult Education and Citizenship; 3. 1972 -- Year of Affirmation for Adult Education; 4. Early Adult Education Associations in Canada; 5. Specialization or Balkanization: Organizations of Adult Educators

Part 3: The Canadian Association for Adult Education
Introduction; 1. The CAAE in the Corbett Years: A Re-evaluation; 2. Roby Kidd and the CAAE, 1951-1961; 3. Alan Thomas and the CAAE, 1961-1970; 4. The CAAE, 1935-1982

Part 4: Adult Education in BC: A General History

Introduction; 1. Invisible Giant; 2. Government's Role in Adult Education: 1933-39, 1976-83

Part 5: Adult Education in BC: The Early Years

Introduction; 1. Adult Education in Barkerville, 1863-1875; 2. Adult Education in Vancouver before 1914; 3. Mechanics' Institutes in British columbia; 4. Origins of Local Evening Classes in British Columbia

Part 6: Adult Education in BC: The Great Depression
Introduction; 1. Adult Education in British Columbia during the Depression; 2. The Morale of the People: Reflections on Adult Education in British Columbia in the Great Depression

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