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Original Articles

SURVEYING ADULT EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA

Pages 57-72 | Published online: 07 Jul 2006

References

  • McKenzie , J. G. The Future of Adult Education in Australia . March 10–11 1944 . Report of a conference held , Edited by: Duncan , W.G.K. pp. 12 Sydney : organised by WEA(NSW), Worker Print . then Director of Education in New South Wales
  • Sheats , P.H. 1960 . A Report on University Adult Education in Australia and New Zealand , 9 Chicago : Centre for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults .
  • Thomas , J.E. 1972 . ‘Some Unusual Aspects of Provision in Australia and New Zealand’ . Adult Education (N1AE) , 44 6 March : 360
  • Dennison , J.D. December 1974 . “ A report to the Commonwealth Commission of Enquiry into Poverty ” . In ‘The Community College Concept and its application to post‐secondary education in Australia’ Edited by: Fitzgerald , R.T. (Chairman) . December , 20 mimeo
  • Griffith , W.S. 1975 . ‘Adult Education Needs and Provisions in Australia – An American's Perspective’ , Department of Education, University of Chicago .
  • 1979 . As at January
  • Duke , C. , ed. 1973 . Lifelong Education: Conditions, Needs, Resources . 1973 , Canberra . Background papers for the 13th AAAE Annual Conference , AAAE .
  • Howard , C . 1974 . ‘Lifelong Education: Conditions, Needs, Resources’ (review) . AJAE , XIV 2 July : 76
  • Ibid , 74
  • Falk , B. and Anwyn , J. 1973 . “ A report requested by the Federation of Australian University Staff Associations ” . In The Desirability and Feasibility of an Australian Open University , Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne .
  • Crowley , D. 1973 . ‘The Desirability and Feasibility of an Australian Open Type University’ (review) . AJAE , XIII 2 July : 99
  • Ibid , 101
  • Ibid. ,
  • Bentley , C. 1975 . ‘Adult Education and the Second TAFE Report’ (review) . AJAE , XV 3. November : 132
  • Ibid. ,
  • Duncan , W.G.K. 1973 . “ Report on Adult Education in Australia 1944 ” . In The Vision Splendid , Edited by: Whitelok , D . Department of Adult Education, University of Adelaide . The report was not accepted or rejected by the Government and this was the first publication of Duncan's report. Duncan was, at the time, Director of Tutorial Classes at the University of Sydney
  • Ibid 8 – 21 . chapter 2
  • Ibid 18
  • Ibid 17
  • Alexander , F. 1959 . Adult Education in Australia: A Historian's Point of View , Melbourne : Cheshire .
  • Ibid 15
  • Ibid 16
  • Ibid 19
  • Ibid 22
  • Ibid 28
  • Alexander was Professor of Modern History at the University of Western Australia.
  • Alexander . op cit. 32
  • Commonwealth Office of Education . 1964 . Adult Education in Australia , Bulletin No.30
  • Ibid Foreword
  • 22 pages, typescript.
  • Commonwealth Office of Education . op cit. Foreword
  • Warburton , J. , ed. 1964 . Handbook of Australian Adult Education , Canberra : AAAE .
  • Wilson , J.L.J. 31 January 1965 . “ ‘Summary of the Organisation of Adult Education in Australia’ ” . In a paper read at the Australian Institute of Political Science Summer School 31 January , Canberra Wilson was formerly Director of the Department of Tutorial Classes, University of Sydney
  • 5 pages, typescript.
  • Wilson . op cit 1
  • Ibid 4 Formal course enrolments – W.A:5,300; S.A.: 18,800; Vic.:17,300; Tas.: 12,300; N.S.W.:63,000; A.C.T.: 1,200; Qld.: 160,000 attendances. Informal course attendances – W.A.: 90,000; S.A.: 7,000; Vic: 61,000; Tas.: 32,000; N.S.W.:400,000; Qld.: 105,000
  • AAAE . 1965 . Directory of Australian Adult Education
  • Wilson , J. L. J. , ed. 1967 . Handbook of Australian Adult Education , Canberra : AAAE .
  • Warburton , J. , ed. 1967 . The Organisation of Adult Education in Australia , Canberra : AAAE .
  • Australian Universities Commission . 1966 . Third Report , Canberra : AGPS .
  • Warburton , J. 1967 . op cit. , 1 : ix The Government subsequently stated that where universities were already providing adult education programmes that they would continue to receive Commonwealth support. For a more detailed account see Crowley, D.W., ‘University Adult Education’, The Australian University, 5, 3, Nov. 1967
  • Whitelock , D. , ed. 1970 . Adult Education in Australia , 18 – 29 . Australia : Pergamon .
  • Ibid 18
  • Ibid 24 25 24a 25a
  • Lawton gives no details of how he arrived at his figures which were N.S.W.: 3,221; Vic: 1,112; S.A.: 2,123; Tas.:650; W.A.: 498; A.C.T.: 117. No class figures were given for Queensland. He claimed as a statistical base the figure given in Wilson, 1967, op.cit., and Warburton, 1967, op cit.
  • Australian Committee on Technical and Further Education and Kangan , M. (Chairman) . 1974 . TAFE in Australia: Report on needs in technical and further education , Canberra : AGPS .
  • Ibid Vol. 1 , 96 – 97 .
  • Ibid Vol. 2 , 166 – 170 . Appendix B
  • Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria using 1971–72 figures.
  • Douglas , D. 1974 . ‘TAFE: A New Look?’ review of ACOTAFE, 1974, op cit. . AJAE , XIV 2 July : 78 Douglas made a point of comparing this data with the detailed accounts given to technical colleges
  • Ian Saunders.
  • Technical and Further Education Commission and Coughlan , H.K. (Chairman) . First Report of the Technical and Further Education Commission: Report for the Triennum 1977–1979
  • Unesco . 1976 . Recommendation on the Development of Adult Education . November 26 1976 . Adopted by the General Conference at its nineteenth session ,
  • Circularised letters from the AAAE dated 5/4/77, 16/6/77 and an undated circular accompanying the National Audit questionnaire.
  • In a way this turned out to be a limiting factor since a number of organisations returned the schedule because they only started activities in 1977.
  • Undated circular letter accompanying the National Audit questionnaire.
  • Duke , C. 1978 . ‘Adult Education in Australia’ . July 26–28 1978 . paper given at the National Conference on the Provision of Adult Education in Australia , pp. 14 Canberra : ANU . mimeo
  • Ibid . pp. 21
  • See Ibid . pp. 15 1,426 questionnaires were distributed, 325 replies (23%) were processed. 475 replies (33%) received – but no figures available for Victoria and South Australia.
  • Ibid . pp. 16
  • Ibid . pp. 24
  • Duncan , W.G.K. 1967 . ‘Adult Education, whose Responsibility?’ . 1967 , Adelaide . Presidential address given at the Seventh Annual Conference of the AAAE , In Warburton, 1967, op cit, Vol. 1, p.9

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