TY - JOUR AU - Mike Newman PY - 2013/07/19 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Credit Where Credit is Due in Non-Credit Adult Education JF - Concept JA - Concept VL - 4 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - UR - http://concept.lib.ed.ac.uk/article/view/2347 AB - The author sings the praises of non-credit adult education, and enlists a number of philosophers to help in the chorus. He examines the motives people might have for enrolling in non-credit courses, and makes the following claims: that good non-credit adult education can give us a purpose, provide some order in our unpredictable lives, encourage us to reason freely, nurture our consciousness, foster a civil society, protect valuable elements of our lifeworld, and teach us to assert ourselves. ER -