Darbininkų švietimo bandymai Kaune XX a. 3–4 dešimtmečiuose: liaudies universitetai ir vakariniai kursai bei gimnazijos suaugusiesiems
Workers’ Education in Kaunas in the 1920s and 1930s: People’s Universities, Evening Courses, and Gymnasiums for Adults

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the attempts at worker‘s education Kaunas in 1920‘s and 1930‘s, that is people‘s universities, evening courses and gymnasiums for adults which were founded and maintained by public organisations. The most active were: Vincas Kudirka Education Society which held people‘s university and evening courses and „Pavasaris“ Society which also held Motiejus Valančius People‘s university and evening gymnasium for adults.These educational institutions were designated to be used by working adults, who were taught Lithuanian language and other school disciplines; they also got some practical knowledge for everyday life from hygiene to law and economics. Some of societies included world-view and religious education in their programmes.After the coup of December 17, 1926, the adult education became institutionalized and turned into the tools for indoctrination. The most active in these changes was the Teacher‘s Union of Lithuanian Tautininkai and its Jonas Basanavičius People‘s University. Because of such turn, other decentralised forms of informal adult education became complicated, weakened and deteriorated.

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