A Long Look at Labor Education
Abstract
A Long Look at Labor Education SAGE Publications, Inc.1954DOI: 10.1177/074171365400400302 A.A.Liveright Union Education Service, University of Chicago Part I—Some Observations DURING the past five years I have had a rare opportunity to participate in and observe hundreds of different labor education programs run both by unions and by universities in all parts of the country. I had an opportunity to experiment with and test a variety of adult education techniques and to watch many others in operation. I have made many new and good friends in the field and have observed many different approaches to labor education. I have derived enormous personal satisfaction from working directly with thousands of local union members and officers. During this time I hope I have also learned something about unions and about the labor education field in general. Part I of this article records may observations on the goals of labor education, planning and evaluation of programs, integration of labor education in the union, frustration of labor educators, union-universitv relations, the government and labor education, and membership reaction to labor education. These observations will be followed by brief suggestions for dealing with some of the problems observed. This material is presented purposely