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Learning and 'leisure'

A study of adult participation in learning and its policy implications

This title has been withdrawn from general circulation, but we recognise it as still having some value to researchers and academics, as well as practitioners who wish to see how policy and practice have developed over the years.

Naomi Sargant
ISBN 1 87941 11 7
1991

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A report of a national survey of adult participation in formal and informal education. Looks at regional, class and gender differences in take-up and demand for post-school education. An invaluable reference.

Readership: researchers, information officers.

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Contents

Introduction
Foreword

	Learning and 'leisure': Main findings and policy implications
1.	Learning and 'leisure': an introduction to the study
2.	The use of leisure time
3.	Current participation in study
4.	Subjects of study
5.	Learning informally and non-formal learning
6.	Where, and for how long, do people study and learn?
7.	Invisible or ignorant: who are the providers?
8.	Patterns of learning and leisure in Scotland, Wales and the English regions
9.	What people would like to learn about
10.	Non-participants: identity and learning needs

References

Appendices
I	Access omnibus survey on leisure and learning
II	Notes on the tabulations
IIIa	A guide to socio-economic class
IIIb	Regions
IIIc	ACORN profile of Great Britain
IV	Leisure and learning - the questionnaire
Va	Analysis of sample - sex, age, social grade and terminal age of education
Vb	Analysis of sample - region

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