The profession and practice of adult education : an introduction
This book fills the gap for a comprehensive, authoritative introduction to the field of adult and continuing education. Two of the subject's most respected authors, Sharan B. Merriam and Ralph G. Brockett, provide an insightful analysis of this rapidly developing field and a thorough grounding in its guiding concepts, purposes, and practices of programs
Print Book, English, ©1997
Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, ©1997
xviii, 334 pages ; 24 cm
9780787902902, 9780787902247, 078790290X, 0787902241
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pt. 1. Foundations of adult education
1. What counts as adult education?
2. Philosophical perspectives
3. Perspectives on the past
4. Adult education in contemporary society
pt. 2. The organization and delivery of adult education
5. Providers of adult education
6. The adult learner and concepts of learning
7. The global context of adult education
8. Examining access and opportunity
pt. 3. Developing a professional field of practice
9. Adult education as a developing profession
10. The unacknowledged side of practice
11. Reframing practice : the future of adult education