The Profession and Practice of Adult Education: An IntroductionJohn Wiley & Sons, 17. feb. 2011 - 396 sider The Profession and Practice of Adult Education is a timely book and an excellent introduction to the field. Drawing from an extensive volume of literature, it provides comprehensive coverage and a clear guide. Graduate students will benefit from it and practitioners will be kept abreast of changes that are occurring. --Peter Jarvis, professor of continuing education and senior research professor, University of Surrey, United Kingdom |
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... Knowles Memorial SelfDirected Learning Awardin 2004 and was inducted into the International Adult andContinuing Education HallofFame in 2005. Among Brockett's previous books are Toward Ethical Practice (2004, with R. Hiemstra), The ...
... Knowles Memorial SelfDirected Learning Awardin 2004 and was inducted into the International Adult andContinuing Education HallofFame in 2005. Among Brockett's previous books are Toward Ethical Practice (2004, with R. Hiemstra), The ...
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... Knowles (1980b)uses bothof these criteria,stating that“individuals shouldbe treatedas adults educationally” ifthey behave as adultsby performing adult roles andif theirselfconcept is thatof an adult—that is,the extent that an ...
... Knowles (1980b)uses bothof these criteria,stating that“individuals shouldbe treatedas adults educationally” ifthey behave as adultsby performing adult roles andif theirselfconcept is thatof an adult—that is,the extent that an ...
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... Knowles (1980b)also identifiesadult education “inits broadest sense”as“the process ofadults learning.”In itsmoretechnical sense, adult education is“a setof organized activitiescarried on byawide variety ofinstitutions for the ...
... Knowles (1980b)also identifiesadult education “inits broadest sense”as“the process ofadults learning.”In itsmoretechnical sense, adult education is“a setof organized activitiescarried on byawide variety ofinstitutions for the ...
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... Knowles also proposes a third meaning that “combines all these processes and activities into theidea ofa movementor fieldof social practice” (p.25). Defining adult education, then, depends tosome extentupon where one stands or, in ...
... Knowles also proposes a third meaning that “combines all these processes and activities into theidea ofa movementor fieldof social practice” (p.25). Defining adult education, then, depends tosome extentupon where one stands or, in ...
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... Knowles (1977), who documented the broad history ofthe field, observed that adult education has typically emerged in response to specific needs, and that its growth has been episodic rather than steady. In the Colonial period, for ...
... Knowles (1977), who documented the broad history ofthe field, observed that adult education has typically emerged in response to specific needs, and that its growth has been episodic rather than steady. In the Colonial period, for ...
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Chapter3 | |
Chapter 4 Adult Education in Contemporary Society | |
The Organization and Delivery of Adult Education | |
Chapter 6 TheAdult Learner and Concepts of Learning | |
Examining Access and Opportunity | |
PartIII Developing a Professional Field of Practice | |
The Unacknowledged Side of Practice | |
Reframing Practice The Future of Adult Education | |
ADecade in Review and Trends for the Future | |
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The Global Context of Adult Education | |
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