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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... the enterprise, our focus in this book is to describe the field of adult education. Some Definitions of Adult Education A definition ofadult education, then, usually includes some referent (1)tothe adult status of students,and(2) ...
... the enterprise, our focus in this book is to describe the field of adult education. Some Definitions of Adult Education A definition ofadult education, then, usually includes some referent (1)tothe adult status of students,and(2) ...
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... tothe field.“Adult education,” Lindeman wrote, “will becomean agency of progress if its shorttime goalof selfimprovement can be made compatible witha longtime, experimental but resolutepolicyof changing thesocial order. Changing ...
... tothe field.“Adult education,” Lindeman wrote, “will becomean agency of progress if its shorttime goalof selfimprovement can be made compatible witha longtime, experimental but resolutepolicyof changing thesocial order. Changing ...
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... the public”(p.64). Staffand employee development and trainingprograms are commonplace examplesof this purpose.Prior tothe 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, for example,all 38,000 employees of theAtlanta airport were given fifteenhours of ...
... the public”(p.64). Staffand employee development and trainingprograms are commonplace examplesof this purpose.Prior tothe 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, for example,all 38,000 employees of theAtlanta airport were given fifteenhours of ...
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... the web of relationships (Atlanta Journal/Atlanta Constitution, June 9, 1994, p. D7). Thatan entire town showed enough interest in this ageold question to stagea public debate speaks not only tothe relevance of the issue but alsoto the ...
... the web of relationships (Atlanta Journal/Atlanta Constitution, June 9, 1994, p. D7). Thatan entire town showed enough interest in this ageold question to stagea public debate speaks not only tothe relevance of the issue but alsoto the ...
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... the People's Institutein New York City, Meiklejohn's Experimental College at the University of Wisconsin, and the San ... tothe conclusion that education isinherently neutral and that the aim ofeducation istotransmit knowledge that is ...
... the People's Institutein New York City, Meiklejohn's Experimental College at the University of Wisconsin, and the San ... tothe conclusion that education isinherently neutral and that the aim ofeducation istotransmit knowledge that is ...
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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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