Mayo, Peter

Antonio Gramsci and his Relevance for the Education of Adults

is part of Gramsci and Educational Thought
This paper, drawing on original sources, provides an overview of and a discussion on those writings and ideas, in Antonio Gramsci's huge corpus of work, that are relevant to the education of adults. This should provide a fitting tribute to this major social theorist of the 20th century on the 70th anniversary of his death. Among the topics discussed are those of adult education for industrial democracy, adult education and cultural preparation, adult literacy, prison education, adult education and the Southern Question with specific reference to immigration, and, most important of all, adult education in the context of an intellectual and moral reform.
This chapter contains sections titled: - Gramsci and Marx - Education and Hegemony - The State and Civil Society - Structure and Agency - War of Position - The Factory Councils and the Education of Adults - Different Sites of Adult Learning - Prison School - Periodicals - Adult Educator as Organic Intellectual - Educational Needs of Industrial Working Class - Pedagogy - Cultural Dimension of Workers' Education - Language - Historical Dimension - Philosophy of Praxis - Education and Production - Migration and the question of Multi-ethnic Education - Conclusion: Adult Education for Counter-Hegemonic Action - Notes - References
Language eng
Names [author] Mayo, Peter
Subjects
Educazione (Pedagogia)
Educazione Per Adulti
Filosofia della praxis
Education
Philosophy of Praxis