Gordon R. Selman is an Associate Professor of Adult Education at the University of British Columbia.

Part One: The Meaning of Adult Education

• Adult Education: An Awakening Force
• The Adult Educator: Change Agent or Program Technician?
• Between Social Movement and Profession: Perspectives on Canadian Adult Education
• The Fifties: Pivotal Decade in Canadian Adult Education
• Adult Education in Two Depressions

Part Two: Some Historical Dimensions

• Stages in the Development of Canadian Adult Education (CAAE)
• Adult Education and Citizenship
• 1972 — Year of Affirmation for Adult Education
• Early Adult Education Associations in Canada
• Specialization or Balkanization: Organizations of Adult Educators

Part Three: The Canadian Association for Adult Education

• The CAAE in the Corbett Years: A Re-evaluation
• Roby Kidd and the CAAE, 1951-1961
• Alan Thomas and the CAAE, 1961-1970
• The CAAE, 1935-1982

Part Four: Adult Education in BC: A General History

• Invisible Giant
• Government's Role in Adult Education: 1933-39, 1976-83
• Constitutional Reform and Related Issues & Early Developments; The Quebec Issue; Constitution Act, 1982; The Meech Lake Accord; The Charlottetown Accord; Confrontation over Natural Resources; Co-ordination of Economic and Social Policies; Summary

 

Part Five: Adult Education in BC: The Early Years

• Adult Education in Barkerville, 1863-1875
• Adult Education in Vancouver before 1914
• Mechanics' Institutes in British Columbia
• Origins of Local Evening Classes in British Columbia

 

Part Six: Adult Education in BC: The Great Depression

• Adult Education in British Columbia during the Depression
• The Morale of the People: Reflections on Adult Education in British Columbia in the Great Depression