Radicalizing Learning : Adult Education for a Just World

by Stephen D. Brookfield (University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN); John D. Holst (University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN)

• ISBN13: 9780470873076
• ISBN10: 0470873078
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-08-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Praise for Radicalizing Learning"This is a book that is so interesting that I had trouble putting it down. It is well written; there is new material; it articulates familiar concepts in such novel ways that your thought patterns get hijacked reading it. Adult learning and its processes are examined from a socialist perspective with a focus on social justice." -Phyllis M. CunninghamDistinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Northern Illinois University"Read this book and rub shoulders with Nelson Mandela, Septima Clark, Antonio Gramsci, Paulo Freire, Jane Thompson, Myles Horton, and a whole horde of inspiring leaders, learners, teachers, trainers, and activists. Engage with remarkable writers you have heard of, and, if you are like me, encounter a number of remarkable writers for the first time. This is a splendid, extraordinary book, which will stir and trouble you. But why am I not surprised? It is a seamlessly collaborative work by two of the best minds in the field-John Holst, the challenging, unremittingly rigorous theorist; and Stephen Brookfield, the inspired and cannily perceptive analyst. This book earns my highest praise: it will make you think." -Michael Newmanauthor, Teaching Defiance"Stephen Brookfield and John Holst have written a monumental text in the field of adult education. It is a bold, ambitious book, beautifully written and uncompromising in its social justice agenda. It is sure to become a classic in the field." -Peter McLarenprofessor, University of California, Los Angeles"This book offers new readings of the theory, politics, policy, and practice of radical adult education and learning where people's lives are understood as complex and interrelated matters. Brookfield and Holst's poetics and deeply human prose sound rebellious; the authors confront some of the main radical trends in the field of adult education including critical theory, transformative learning, and popular education." -Shahrzad Mojabprofessor, Department of Adult Education and Counseling Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Table of Contents

Preface

About the Authors

Acknowledgments

Conceptualizing Adult Learning and Education

Understanding Adult Learning

Understanding Adult Development

Learning in the Context of Training

Planning Educational Programs: Principles, Goals, and Evaluation

Teaching Adults

Globalization and the Practice of Adult Learning

Aesthetic Dimensions of Learning

Researching Learning

Adult Learning in a Diverse World

Epilogue

References

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