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Summary
Summary
An authoritative overview of the current state of the field of adult and continuing education
Drawing on the contributions of 75 leading authors in the field, this 2010 Edition of the respected Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education provides adult education scholars, program administrators, and teachers with a solid foundation for understanding the current guiding beliefs, practices, and tensions faced in the field, as well as a basis for developing and refining their own approaches to their work and scholarship.
Offering expanded discussions in the areas of social justice, technology, and the global dimensions of adult and continuing education, the Handbook continues the tradition of previous volumes with discussions of contemporary theories, current forms and contexts of practice, and core processes and functions. Insightful chapters examine adult and continuing education as it relates to gender and sexuality, race, our aging society, class and place, and disability.
Key Features
Expanded coverage of social justice, the impact of technology, and the global dimensions of adult and continuing education provides a useful update on theories and practices in the field as they have evolved during the last decade. An invaluable introductory overview and synthesis of key aspects of the field of practice and scholarship acquaints new readers to the field T he centrality of social justice in adult and continuing education is addressed in a new section. The broader global context of contemporary adult and continuing education is covered in a final section.Intended Audience
In addition to being a valuable resource for practitioners, Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education 2010 Edition can be used as a text for master′s level courses as well as doctoral level courses in adult and continuing education.
Table of Contents
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Table of Contents |
Introduction: Adult and Continuing Education as an Intellectual Commons |
1 Adult Learners |
2 Access and Participation |
3 Adult Learning |
4 Adult Development |
5 Group and Organizational Learning |
6 Theoretical frameworks for understanding the field |
7 Histories of Adult Education: Constructing the Past |
8 International and Comparative Adult and Continuing Education |
9 Policy and Adult Learning and Education |
10 Sociology of Adult and Continuing Education: Some Key Understandings for the Field of Practice |
11 Professionalization of the Field of Adult and Continuing Education |
12 Professional Identity |
13 Facilitation and Design of Learning |
14 Planning and Delivery of Adult Learning Experiences |
15 Assessment and Evaluation |
16 Management and Leadership |
17 Adult Basic Education |
18 English Language Learning for Adults |
19 Adult Education for the Empowerment of Indviduals and Communities |
20 Adults in Four Years of Colleges and Universities: Moving from the Margin to Mainstream? |
21 The Learning Landscape of Community Colleges |
22 Employer-Sponsored Learning in the Workplace |
23 Workers' Education for the twenty-first century |
24 Armed Forces Education |
25 Continuing Professional Education |
26 Spirituality and Adult Education |
27 Adult and Continuing Education for Health and Wellness |
28 Environmental Adult and Continuing Education |
29 Distance Education in the Age of the Internet |
30 Adult Education in Cultural Institutions: Libraries, Museums, Parks, and Zoos |
31 Social Justice in Adult and Continuing Education: Laboring in the Fields of Reality and Hope |
32 Struggles for Utopia(s)?Gender and Sexuality in Adult and Continuing Education |
33 Chasing the American Dream: Race and Adult and Continuing Education |
34 Adult and Continuing Ed. In Relation to an Aging Society |
35 Adult and Continuing Education for Adults with Disabilities |
36 Class and Place in Adult and Continuing Education |
37 Globalization and the Role of Adult and Continuing Education: Challenges and Opportunities |
38 The Knowledge Society and Adult and Continuing Education |
39 Informal Learning in a Virtual EraKathleen King |
40 Creating and Re-Creating Community |
Conclusion: Looking Forward, Looking Backward |
Editor Bios |
Contributor List |
Index |