The profession and practice of adult education an introduction

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Main Author: Merriam, Sharan B.
Other Authors: Brockett, Ralph Grover
Format: Book
Published: San Francisco, CA Jossey-Bass Pub. 2007
Edition:Updated ed
Series:The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
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Table of Contents:
  • What counts as adult education?
  • Philosophical perspectives
  • Perspectives on the past
  • Adult education in contemporary society
  • Providers of formal adult education
  • The adudlt learner and concepts of learning
  • The global context of adult education
  • Examining access and opportunity
  • Adult educaiton as a developing profession
  • The unacknowledged side of practice
  • Reframing practice: the future of adult education
  • Epilogue: a decade in review and trends for the future