The Profession and Practice of Adult Education An Introduction
ISBN: 9780470181539 | 0470181532
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date: 7/27/2007
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The Profession and Practice of Adult Education This book provides a comprehensive, authoritative introduction to the field of adult and continuing education. Two of the most respected authors in the field, 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. This new paperback edition contains a new Preface and Epilogue which consider developments in five areas-globalization, interface between human resource... MORE
| Preface | |
| Preface to the Updated Edition | |
| The Authors | |
| Foundations of Adult Education | |
| What Counts as Adult Education? | |
| Philosophical Perspectives | |
| Perspectives on the Past | |
| Adult Education in Contemporary Society | |
| The Organization and Delivery of Adult Education | |
| Providers of Formal Adult Education | ... MORE |
| The Adult Learner and Concepts of Learning | |
| The Global Context of Adult Education | |
| Examining Access and Opportunity | |
| Developing a Professional Field of Practice | |
| Adult Education 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 | |
| References | |
| Name Index | |
| Subject Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
Sharan B. Merriam is professor of adult education at the University of Georgia.
Ralph G. Brockett is professor of adult education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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