Adult schools in the United Kingdom were first formed in 1798, to teach working people to read - and write, if they so wished. Arithmetic was considered an unsuitable subject on their day of rest. In their heyday, Adult Schools had over one hundred thousand members around the country: the groups affiliated to County Unions and, in 1899, the National Adult School Union was founded. Since then, both the name and the purpose have changed significantly.[1]
In 1965 the National Adult School Organisation (NASO), an advocacy group for adult education in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Harrogate was chartered.[2] NASO was a voluntary organisation, with about 80 groups located throughout England.[3] It closed in 2010.[4]
See also
edit- Adult Learning Wales – Registered charity and adult education provider
References
edit- ^ Smith, M. K. (2004) 'Adult schools and the making of adult education', the encyclopedia of informal education
- ^ CharityInsight listing[dead link]
- ^ "Who are we?". National Adult School Organisation. Archived from the original on 15 November 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ "National Adult School Organisation, previously, the National Council of Adult School Unions, previously National Council of Adult School Associations". Library of Birmingham. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
Further reading
edit- Fieldhouse, Roger (1996). A History of Modern British Adult Education. Leicester: National Institute of Adult Continuing Education. ISBN 1872941664.
- Harrison, J.F.C. Learning and Living 1790-1960: A Study in the History of the English Adult Education Movement (1961) online edition
- Kersh, Natasha; Laczik, Andrea (2021). "Towards understanding of policy transfer and policy learning in adult education in the context of United Kingdom". Research in Comparative and International Education. 16 (4): 384–404. doi:10.1177/17454999211061236.
- Osborne, Michael; Sankey, Kate (2009). "Non-vocational Adult Education and its Professionals in the United Kingdom". European Journal of Education. 44 (2): 271–289. doi:10.1111/j.1465-3435.2009.01382.x.
External links
edit- Daniel Higginbotham (March 2022). "Adult learning". Prospects.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
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