Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education
Tonette S. Rocco (Redaktør) M Cecil Smith (Redaktør) Robert C. Mizzi (Redaktør) Lisa R. Merriweather (Redaktør) Joshua D. Hawley (Redaktør)
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"To sum up, potential readers will probably find everything they want to know about current adult education and continuing learning in this latest edition of the Handbook. In this context, it is worth mentioning that one of the key strengths of this publication is the broad scale of topics it covers. Many of them, which are part of the 'contemporary issues', have never been discussed by foundational literature. Therefore, these chapters can be a source of inspiration for both students and researchers as well as practitioners and stakeholders seeking new fresh approaches to rebuilding lifelong learning programmes or introducing policy innovations. The editorial team did an colossal job in providing an overview of knowledge concerning the complexities of lifelong learning and shedding light on unconscious biases in its background. This Handbook definitely raises awareness of them.
I found reading the Handbook’s chapters helpful and inspirational. Any scholar or professional who wishes to build a better community through learning will benefit from them."
Jan Kalenda
International Review of Education - Journal of Lifelong Learning (IRE)
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Colleges and universities are increasingly becoming significant sites for adult education scholarship-in large part due to demographic shifts. With fewer U.S. high school graduates on the horizon, higher education institutions will need to attract "non-traditional" (i. Les mer
A main premise of this handbook is that adult and continuing education should not simply respond to rapidly changing social, economic, technological, and political environments across the globe, but should lead the way in preparing adults to become informed, globally-connected, critical citizens who are knowledgeable, skilled, and open and adaptive to change and uncertainty.
The Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education provides rich information on the contemporary issues and trends that are of concern to adult and continuing education, of the programs and resources available to adult learners, and of opportunities to challenge and critique the structures embedded in the field that perpetuate inequity and social injustice. Adult education is a discipline that foresees a better tomorrow, and The Handbook is designed to engage and inspire readers to assist the field to seek new paths in uncertain and complex times, ask questions, and to help the field flourish.
The Handbook is divided into five sections. The first, Foundations situates the field by describing the developments, core debates, perspectives, and key principles that form the basis of the field.
The second, Understanding Adult Learning, includes chapters on adult learning, adult development, motivation, access, participation, and support of adult learners, and mentoring.
Teaching Practices and Administrative Leadership, the third section, offers chapters on organization and administration, program planning, assessment and evaluation, teaching perspectives, andragogy and pedagogy, public pedagogy, and digital technologies for teaching and learning.
The fourth section is Formal and Informal Learning Contexts. Chapters cover adult basic, GED, and literacy education, English-as-a-Second Language Programs, family literacy, prison education, workforce development, military education, international development education, health professions education, continuing professional education, higher education, human resource development and workplace learning, union and labor education, religious and spiritual education, cultural institutions, environmental education, social and political movements, and peace and conflict education.
The concluding Contemporary Issues section discusses decolonizing adult and continuing education, adult education and welfare, teaching social activism, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and straight allies, gender and its multiple forms, disability, older adults and intergenerational identities, race and ethnicity, working class, whiteness and privilege, and migrants and migrant education.
The editors culminate with consideration of next steps for adult and continuing education and priorities for the future.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Stylus Publishing
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 524
- ISBN
- 9781620366844
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 28 x 22 cm
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"To sum up, potential readers will probably find everything they want to know about current adult education and continuing learning in this latest edition of the Handbook. In this context, it is worth mentioning that one of the key strengths of this publication is the broad scale of topics it covers. Many of them, which are part of the 'contemporary issues', have never been discussed by foundational literature. Therefore, these chapters can be a source of inspiration for both students and researchers as well as practitioners and stakeholders seeking new fresh approaches to rebuilding lifelong learning programmes or introducing policy innovations. The editorial team did an colossal job in providing an overview of knowledge concerning the complexities of lifelong learning and shedding light on unconscious biases in its background. This Handbook definitely raises awareness of them.
I found reading the Handbook’s chapters helpful and inspirational. Any scholar or professional who wishes to build a better community through learning will benefit from them."
Jan Kalenda
International Review of Education - Journal of Lifelong Learning (IRE)
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