TY - JOUR
T1 - Resistance and determination
T2 - Working class adults in higher education
AU - Bamber, John
AU - Tett, Lyn
AU - Hosie, Elspeth
AU - Ducklin, Alan
PY - 1997/3/1
Y1 - 1997/3/1
N2 - Higher education is usually the preserve of the white, able-bodied middle classes. The authors report on a project designed to challenge this by giving access to working class, black and disabled community activists to the degree in Community Education. The authors argue that the success experienced by this group is the result of the interaction between personal and institutional factors, and their collective resistance to the individualising tendencies of traditional approaches to higher education. The group's authors analyse the individual and collective motivation, and identify three distinguishing factors in terms of personal values (intrinsic); material rewards (extrinsic); and the political significance of their collective action (political). The authors suggest that this project, by developing critical awareness and understanding, and emphasising the continuing role of the participants in their communities, has brought about institutional and personal change that will enable other traditional non-participants to participate.
AB - Higher education is usually the preserve of the white, able-bodied middle classes. The authors report on a project designed to challenge this by giving access to working class, black and disabled community activists to the degree in Community Education. The authors argue that the success experienced by this group is the result of the interaction between personal and institutional factors, and their collective resistance to the individualising tendencies of traditional approaches to higher education. The group's authors analyse the individual and collective motivation, and identify three distinguishing factors in terms of personal values (intrinsic); material rewards (extrinsic); and the political significance of their collective action (political). The authors suggest that this project, by developing critical awareness and understanding, and emphasising the continuing role of the participants in their communities, has brought about institutional and personal change that will enable other traditional non-participants to participate.
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U2 - 10.1080/13596749700200002
DO - 10.1080/13596749700200002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0039076453
VL - 2
SP - 17
EP - 29
JO - Research in Post-Compulsory Education
JF - Research in Post-Compulsory Education
SN - 1359-6748
IS - 1
ER -