Worker education in South Africa 1973-1993.
Date
1994
Authors
Vally, Salim
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Abstract
With the rise of the independent trade union movement since 1973,
immense importance has been attached to worker education. The growth
of the union movement created the space and provided the resources
for workers to assert an independent cultural practice in which
worker education plays pivotal role.
Intense debate has raged within the union movement over the content,
of this education, the way it is to be provided, who the recipients
should be and whether it fulfils its perceived aim. There exists
general consensus though that worker education has been integral to
the development of the labour movement. Yet, there is no comprehensive
study of worker education in South Africa. Such a study is even
more necessary today as attempts are made to address the historical
deficiencies in the South African education system, This report
therefore is a small contribution toward understanding worker education
and the importance of its role not only for the Labour: movement
but for society at large. (Abbreviation abstract)
Description
A research report submitted to the Faculty of
Education, University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements
for the degree of Master of Education.
Keywords
Working class -- Education -- South Africa., Adult education and state -- South Africa., Blacks -- Education -- South Africa.