Kasworm C E Rose ad Rossgordon J M 2010 Handbook of Adult Continuing Education

Handbook of adult and continuing education / edited by Carol E. Kasworm, Amy D. Rose, Jovita M. Ross-Gordon

Published:

Los Angeles : SAGE, [2010]

Copyright Date:

©2010

Edition:

2010 ed.

Physical Description:

xvi, 493 pages ; 27 cm

Additional Creators:

Kasworm, Carol E., Rose, Amy D., Ross-Gordon, Jovita M., and American Association for Adult and Continuing Education

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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 delivering of programs -- 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 year 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. Military contributions to adult education -- 25. Continuing professional education -- 26. Spirituality and adult education -- 27. Adult education for health and wellness -- 28. Environmental adult education: a many-voiced landscape -- 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 education for an aging society -- 35. Perspectives on disability in adult and continuing education -- 36. Class and place in adult and continuing education -- 37. Globalization and the role of adult and continuing education: challenges and opportunities -- 38. Paradox and promise in the knowledge society -- 39. Informal learning in a virtual era -- 40. Creating and re-creating community -- Conclusion: Looking back, looking forward.

Summary:

"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 beliets, 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." "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 and doctoral level courses in adult and continuing education."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject(s):

• Adult education—United States—Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Continuing education—United States—Handbooks, manuals, etc

ISBN:

9781412960502 (cloth)
1412960509 (cloth)

Note:

"A publication of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education."

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Dedication:

Harrisburg copy 2:Selected to honor Edward W. Taylor, on the occasion of receiving tenure-promotion; and purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment;2010.

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