Mark K. Smith specializes in the field of informal edu
cation and community
learning. He is the Rank Research Fellow and Tutor at YMCA George Williams
College, London and has been a Visiting Professor in Community Education, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Among his books are Creators not
Consumers (1982),
Developing Youth Work (1988), Local Education (1994), Informal
Education (1996, 1999, 2005 with Tony Jeffs), The Art of Helping Others
(2008, written with Heather Smith) and Youth Work (forthcoming, edited with Tony Jeffs). He
writes for, and edits, infed. Currently working with the Rank
Foundation on an rolling evaluation of their Youth
or Adult? Initiative, Mark is also involved with two new initiatives around community
development and the needs of young adult carers.
Mark K. Smith has worked as a careers officer, youth and community worker, and project co-ordinator. He studied economics with politics at the University of Lancaster, and gained his doctorate in the philosophy of education from the University of London.
YMCA George Williams College, 199 Freemasons Road, Canning Town, London E16 3PY, United Kingdom. Direct line/voice mail: 020 7540 4929. E-mail: smith@infed.org
