https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/52781 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:21:49 GMT 2026-04-11T07:21:49Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/52824 Title: Godfrey Baldacchino, Worker Cooperatives with Particular Reference to Malta: An Educationist's Theory and Practice [book review] Abstract: Baldacchino's book is an attempt to analyze the issues which surround and affect worker cooperatives so as to evaluate the spirit of cooperativism prevailing in Malta. Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/52824 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/52822 Title: A political sociology of adult education : a research agenda Authors: Torres, Carlos Alberto Abstract: With the publication of the Southam Report in Canada (1987) showing the widespread functional illiteracy of vast sectors of the Canadian population, and the renewed discussion on the shortcomings of literacy training programmes in the U.S. (Kozol, 1985; Gee, 1986), adult education has become again a priority for policy makers in industrial advanced societies. This article challenges some of the bask assumptions of conventional mainstream adult education, taking advantage of the experience and theories mainly developed in dependent-development societies of Latin America. A political sociology of adult education takes as a starting point the relationships between the capitalist state and adult education. Therefore, the notion of the State should be considered central to any attempt to understand the "new" rationale for policy formation in this field. Some questions and queries on adult education policy formation are advanced here, and a new agenda for research is advocated. Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/52822 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/52809 Title: Pedagogy and politics in the work of Paulo Freire Authors: Mayo, Peter Abstract: The Brazilian educator, Paulo Freire, has exerted a considerable influence on the field of adult education not only in Latin America but worldwide. The reaction to his adult educational theory has been varied. It has often been considered as "reformist" (eg. La Belle, 1986) and "populist" (Youngman, 1986). Other writers have, on the contrary, underscored the radical nature of Freire's pedagogy (eg. Torres, 1982) and the process of "conscientization" with which it is closely identified, a process regarded by Connolly (1981) as being "essentially geared to the radical transformation of social reality". (p. 71) This paper provides a critical exposition of Freire's adult educational theory, outlining its basic tenets and examining the extent to which it can be successful in contributing to a general process of social transformation. The paper emphasizes the radical nature of Freire's alternative pedagogical theory. Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/52809 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/52808 Title: Stimulating local development through educational interventions Authors: O'Cinneide, Micheal Abstract: Community Development through education is the goal of an innovative programme of extra-mural studies offered throughout the West of Ireland by University College Galway, a campus of circa 5,000 students, situated on the west coast of the country (O'Cinneide, 1987). When it was first established as Queen's College, Galway, in the middle of the 19th century, the subjects of its professorships included Agriculture, Civil Engineering and Celtic among others, indicating that those who planned a university institution for Galway had in mind that it should contribute to the economic and cultural development of its predominantly rural hinterland, no less than to the scholarship of its students (O hEocha, 1984). The University, therefore, has a long history of involvement in the development of its region and its community development programme is but one facet of its current contribution. The purpose of this article is (a) to briefly review the fundamental principles of community development; (b) to outline an educational intervention found to be effective in stimulating local community development in Ireland; (c) to illustrate the potential of this approach by reference to one local community and (d) to identify the preconditions for the success of this approach to local development. Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/52808 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z