Adult learning in social work education: towards liberation or domestication?
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Critical Social Policy
- Vol. 8 (23) , 4-21
- https://doi.org/10.1177/026101838800802301
Abstract
Higher education, along with other strands of the welfare state, is under going revolutionary change under the Thatcher government. This article argues that traditional liberal values on which education is based are not adequate to withstand the nex right assault, suggests elements of a pro gressive radical education, and re-examines notions of academic freedom It focuses on values underpinning the process of learning in social work, but suggests a wider application to policies within higher education pracKeywords
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