207:. She played an important role in establishing adult education and literacy programmes in the UK and in Africa. She was the founding secretary of the African Adult Education Association and of the Nigerian National Council for Adult Education (NNCAE) Bown was the first organizing secretary of the International Congress of Africanists. In 1973, she published
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established a starting point for wider discussions about the scope of adult education beyond basic literacy. One reviewer noted that the "most important aspect of this book, however, is probably that it was written at all. One hopes that it will stimulate other Third World scholars to further develop
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Her work in social activism and de-colonisation of the curriculum continued in
Scotland Under her leadership University of Glasgow department for Continuing Education offered one of the largest programmes in the UK. In 1990 she established an Equal Opportunities Training Unit to provide training for
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Bown's impact on teaching, and specifically adult education was significant and longstanding across her career. In her first teaching post she challenged the faculty to re-think the content of their curriculum suggesting that it was important for
African students to encounter writing by and about
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She was a passionate advocate for women's literacy, and she said that "even the simplest acquisition of literacy can have a profoundly empowering effect personally, socially and politically. When it comes to women, there is a huge change in their self-worth and confidence."
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University of Glasgow. She used the opportunity to urge the university to strengthen its service to adult learners who wanted access university knowledge, but not always necessarily to study for a full degree.
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In April 2024, a one day conference in Bown's honour, entitled "Education for All: Challenging
Orthodoxies and Fostering Inclusion", inspired by and exploring her work, took place at Somerville College, Oxford.
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Bown was inducted into the
International Hall of Fame for Adult and Continuing Education in 2009 and was joint deputy executive chair of the Council for Education in the Commonwealth from 1999 to 2006.
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the police and
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Bown returned to the United
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their own adult education literatures based upon their own cultural systems. This is an excellent beginning."
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