Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education

by Carol E. Kasworm

• ISBN13: 9781412960502
• ISBN10: 1412960509
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-05-27
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

This new volume provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of the art for the field of adult and continuing education. With contributions by 75 leading authors in the field the Handbook offers a solid foundation for understanding the current guiding beliefs, practices and tensions faced in the field. Adult education scholars, programme administrators, and teachers have depended upon these rich handbooks to develop and refine their own understandings and approaches to their work and scholarship.This volume offers expanded discussions in the areas of social justice, the impacts of technology, and the global dimensions of adult and continuing education. An entire section is devoted to the centrality of social justice in adult and continuing education with chapters included on gender and sexuality and adult education, race and adult and continuing education, adult and continuing education and an aging society, class and place in adult and continuing education, and perspectives on disability in adult and continuing education.

Table of Contents

AAACE Statement	p. ix
About the Editors	p. xi
List of Contributors	p. xiii
Introduction: Adult and Continuing Education as an Intellectual Commons	p. 1
The Centrality of the Adult Learner and Adult Learning
Adult Learners	p. 13
Access and Participation	p. 25
Adult Learning	p. 35
Adult Development	p. 49
Group and Organizational Learning	p. 59
Creation of Open Exchanges of Knowledge, Theory, and Practice
Theoretical Frameworks for Understanding the Field	p. 71
Histories of Adult Education: Constructing the Past	p. 83
International and Comparative Adult and Continuing Education	p. 93
Policy and Adult Learning and Education	p. 103
Sociology of Adult and Continuing Education: Some Key Understandings for the Field of Practice	p. 113
Adult and Continuing Education as a Field of Practice
Professionalization of the Field of Adult and Continuing Education	p. 125
Professional Identity	p. 135
Facilitation and Design of Learning	p. 147
Planning and Delivering of Programs	p. 157
Assessment and Evaluation	p. 167
Management and Leadership	p. 177
Diversity of Adult Learning Venues and Collective Endeavors
Adult Basic Education	p. 189
English Language Learning for Adults	p. 199
Adult Education for the Empowerment of Individuals and Communities	p. 209
Adults in Four-Year Colleges and Universities: Moving From the Margin to Mainstream?	p. 221
The Learning Landscape of Community Colleges	p. 231
Employer-Sponsored Learning in the Workplace	p. 243
Workers' Education for the 21st Century	p. 253
Military Contributions to Adult Education	p. 263
Continuing Professional Education	p. 275
Spirituality and Adult Education	p. 285
Adult Education for Health and Wellness	p. 295
Environmental Adult Education: A Many-Voiced Landscape	p. 305
Distance Education in the Age of the Internet	p. 317
Adult Education in Cultural Institutions: Libraries, Museums, Parks, and Zoos	p. 327
Centrality of Social Justice	p. 337
Social Justice in Adult and Continuing Education: Laboring in the Fields of Reality and Hope	p. 339
Struggles for Utopia(s)? Gender and Sexuality in Adult and Continuing Education	p. 351
Chasing the American Dream: Race and Adult and Continuing Education	p. 359
Adult and Continuing Education for an Aging Society	p. 369
Perspectives on Disability in Adult and Continuing Education	p. 379
Class and Place in Adult and Continuing Education	p. 389
The Future of Adult and Continuing Education Within a Global Context
Globalization and the Role of Adult and Continuing Education: Challenges and Opportunities	p. 401
Paradox and Promise in the Knowledge Society	p. 411
Informal Learning in a Virtual Era	p. 421
Creating and Re-creating Community	p. 431
Conclusion: Looking Back, Looking Forward	p. 441
Author Index	p. 453
Subject Index	p. 471
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