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2015

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Adult Education Research Conference

Working class

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Caught In The Stormpower And Control In A Union/Management Training Program, Ramo J. Lord May 2015

Caught In The Stormpower And Control In A Union/Management Training Program, Ramo J. Lord

Adult Education Research Conference

This study investigated how a workplace educator was used as a pawn between the company and the union while delivering a safety-training program. Among the findings were training was held in contempt by union and management while safety’s exchange value was exploited.


The Political Independence Of The Working Class: Antonio Gramsci’S Pedagogical Leitmotif, John D. Holst May 2015

The Political Independence Of The Working Class: Antonio Gramsci’S Pedagogical Leitmotif, John D. Holst

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper argues that the leitmotif of Gramsci’s theory and practice was the political independence of the working class. The centrality of pedagogy in this leitmotif is captured by Gramsci’s concept of catharsis.