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Handbook of adult and continuing education

This is the eighth comprehensive handbook that has been produced by the national organizations for Adult Education, all of which are now grouped together as the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education. The new edition contains 42 chapters by specialists, the topics of which reflect the diversity that is now true of the field. Topics include the role of critical reflection in professional practice, linking adult learning to context, learning from experience, adult learning for self-development, race and culture in adult learning, perspectives on teaching adults, planning and administering adult educational programs, technology and distant learning, adult literacy and ESL, and adult education and resource development. The book will be useful to administrators, instructors, and community planners, among others
Print Book, English, ©2000
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, ©2000
Handbook
xxvi, 735 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
9780787949983, 9780470907481, 0787949981, 0470907487
43945222
INTRODUCTION. A Selective History of the Adult Education Handbooks (A. Wilson & E. Hayes). On Thought and Action in Adult and Continuing Education (A. Wilson & E. Hayes). The Concept of Critically Reflective Practice (S. Brookfield). THE PROFESSION'S COMMON CONCERNS. Linking the Individual Learner to the Context of Adult Learning (R. Caffarella & S. Merriam). Learning from Experience in Adult Education (N. Miller). Adult Learning for Self--Development and Change (M. Tennant). Moving Beyond a Unitary Self: A Reflective Dialogue (M. Clark & J. Dirkx). Discourses and Cultures of Teaching (D. Pratt & T. Nesbit). Different Perspectives on Teaching for Critical Consciousness (E. Tisdell, et al.). The Invisible Politics of Race in Adult Education (J. Johnson--Bailey & R. Cervero). Cultures of Transformation (A. Brooks). Planning Educational Programs (T. Sork). From Functionalism to Postmodernism in Adult Education Leadership (J. Donaldson & P. Edelson). Adult Education and Democracy: Reclaiming Our Voice Through Social Policy (B. Quigley). Adult Learning and Technology (C. Kasworm & C. Londoner). THE PROFESSION IN PRACTICE. Adult Literacy (E. Askov). Adult Basic Education and the Crisis of Accountability (B. Sparks & E. Peterson). Moving Beyond Performance Paradigms in Human Resource Development (L. Bierema). Putting Meaning into Workplace Learning (T. Fenwick). Adult Education, Communication, and the Global Context (L. Ziegahn). Adult Education for Community Action (D. Ewert & K. Grace). Adult Education in Rural Community Development (L. Hill & A. Moore). Exploring "Community" in Community College Practice (I. Weisman & M. Longacre). Continuing Professional Education (D. Queeney). Control and Democracy in Adult Correctional Education (H. Davidson). Cooperative Extension (G. Applebee). Distance Education for Lifelong Learning (C. Gibson). English as a Second Language in Adult Education (R. Orem). Adult Learners in Higher Education (C. Kasworm, et al.). Contribution of the Military to Adult and Continuing Education (S. Kime & C. Anderson). Older Adult Learning (J. Fisher & M. Wolf). Formal Mentoring Programs (C. Hansman). Prior Learning Assessment: The Quiet Revolution (A. Thomas). A Postmodern Approach to Adult Religious Education (L. English & M. Gillen). Urban Contexts for Adult Education Practice (B. Daley, et al.). REFLECTING ON THE PROFESSION. Adult Education and Society (T. Heaney). A Sociology of Adult Education (P. Cunningham). The Politics of Knowledge Construction (D. Deshler & N. Grudens--Schuck). Evolving Directions in Professionalization and Philosophy (R. Podeschi). Defining the Profession: A Critical Appraisal (S. Imel, et al.). The Learning Society (J. Holford & P. Jarvis) Reflections on the Field (E. Hayes & A. Wilson).
"A publication of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education."