The American Way in Labor Education

Gray, Lois S.

doi:10.1111/j.1468-232x.1966.tb00451.x

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“…More recently, Lois Gray (1966), in an article entitled "The American Way in Labor Education," developed an historical overview for labor education by using an era delineation much like the one developed in this study. Gray entitled the era termed workers' education as a period where the objective of education was social reform.…”

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Workers’ Education, Labor Education, Labor Studies: An Historical Delineation

Dwyer

1977

Review of Educational Research

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Section: Jack Barbash In Universities and Unions In Workersmentioning

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Workers’ Education, Labor Education, Labor Studies: An Historical Delineation

Dwyer

1977

Review of Educational Research

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“…Because labor leaders often have lower levels of education, and limited administrative and leadership skills, and because of union political and democratic characteristics (Bok & Dunlop, 1970), leadership education requires a different approach. This approach must relate to and change with the goals of the labor movement (Gray, 1966), and be rooted in union values.…”

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“…Since the beginning of the American labor movement, education has been at the forefront of labor organizations (Gray, 1966;Nesbit, 2002). The following literature sheds light on the educational practices and the role of the NLEP in fulfilling the needs of union leadership.…”

Section: Pedagogies Of Union Leadership Trainingmentioning

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“…Extension school, with its emphasis on vocational programs, utilitarian training, learning by experience, community involvement and responsiveness to social problems, generated from this movement and helped in the development of more adult educational programs (Elias & Merriam, 2005), one of them being the executive programs. Labor education, which is a specialized branch of adult education characterized by its content and affiliation with the labor movement (Gray, 1966), also generated from this movement.…”

Section: Pedagogies Of Union Leadership Trainingmentioning

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“…The labor education literature is well documented with research focusing on its forms, goals, and approaches (Bernard, 2002a(Bernard, , 2002bCarlson, 1971;Dwyer, 1977;Gray, 1966Gray, , 1975Kaminski, 2003), to name a few. According to Nesbitt (2002), a gap exists in the labor education literature as it relates to discussion and analysis of opportunities for leadership training in labor unions.…”

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A qualitative study exploring the post-educational experiences of graduates of an executive program for labor leaders

Baptiste¹

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Labor leaders need specific knowledge and skills to successfully lead their organizations. The Northeast Labor Executive Program (NLEP) provides labor leaders the necessary curriculum and pedagogy to gain that content, knowledge and skills; however, if this content and skills are not transferred into the workplace, then labor leaders will not be able to successfully lead their organizations. If we were able to understand how labor leaders experience the transfer of learning from the NLEP into their organizations, then we might be better able to inform the programming provided by the executive program. Therefore, the purpose of this general qualitative study was to gain insight into the post-educational experiences of graduates of a sixweek executive program for labor leaders. Guided by Schlenker's (1997) theory of personal responsibility, this study sought to answer the following research question: How do graduates of an executive program for labor leaders make sense of their post-educational experience as it relates to the transfer of learning from the program to the workplace? Findings show that participants had specific goals for their unions and the program with volition and intent to transfer the learning to their specific unions and the labor movement. Participants exercised personal responsibility to transfer the newly acquired learning not only because of their leadership roles and their organization's investment in them, but also because of their values and commitment to the movement. While most participants were satisfied with the program offerings, they also encountered barriers to transfer. Participants recommended that establishing a mentoring program could help with learning transfer. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.

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Hochschule und Gewerkschaft in den USA

Friebel¹

1981

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The American Way in Labor Education

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Workers’ Education, Labor Education, Labor Studies: An Historical Delineation

Workers’ Education, Labor Education, Labor Studies: An Historical Delineation

A qualitative study exploring the post-educational experiences of graduates of an executive program for labor leaders

Hochschule und Gewerkschaft in den USA

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