Adult Learning and Education
Edited By- Kjell Rubenson
As individuals and societies try to respond to fundamental economic and social transformation, the field of adult learning and education is rapidly getting increased attention and new topics for research on adult learning have emerged. This collection of articles from the International Encyclopedia of Education 3e offers practitioners and researchers in the area of adult learning and education a comprehensive summary of main developments in the field. The 45 articles provide insight into the historical development of the field, its conceptual controversies, domains and provision, perspectives on adult learning, instruction and program planning, outcomes, relationship to economy and society and its status as a field of scholarly study and practice.
Hardbound, 326 Pages
Published: January 2011
Imprint: Academic Press
ISBN: 978-0-12-381489-0
Contents
Introduction
Adult Education
Rewriting the History of Adult Education: The Search for Narrative Structures
Lifelong LearningAdult Learning, Instruction, and Program PlanningAdult Learning
Adult Learning: Philosophical IssuesThe Adult Development of Cognition and Learning
Characteristics of Adult LearningAdult Learning and instruction: Transformative-Learning Perspectives
Adult Learning in a Biographic PerspectiveAdult Learning, Instruction and Programme Planning: Insights from Freire
Workplace-Learning FrameworksOrganizational Learning
Informal Learning: A Contested ConceptProgram Planning
Domains provisions and participationAdult Basic Education - A Challenge for Vocational Based LearningAdult Literacy Education
Citizenship and Immigrant EducationLabor Education
Popular Adult EducationUniversity Adult Continuing Education - the Extramural Tradition Revisited
Community Based Adult EducationContinuing Professional Education: Multiple Stakeholders and Agendas
Displaced Workers, Unemployed, and VETMuseums as Sites of Adult Learning
Learning Cities and RegionsThe Age of Learning: Seniors Learning
HIV Education for Low-Literate People: Transforming Students and Communities through Paulo Freires Praxis and the Pedagogy of ActionOverview of Lifelong Learning Policies and Systems
Financing of Adult and Lifelong LearningProvision of Prior Learning Assessment
Portfolio AssessmentParticipation in Adult Learning
Barriers to Participation in Adult EducationPerspectives in Adult Education Research
Trends in Workplace Learning Research
Gender AnalysisClass Analysis in Adult Education
Race and Ethnicity in the Field of Adult EducationAdult Learning, Economy, and Society
Modernization Processes and the Changing Functions of Adult Education
The Political Economy of Adult EducationAdult Education and Civil Society
Adult Education and Nation BuildingHealth and Adult Learning
Globalization and Vocational Education and TrainingNGOs and Globalization of Education
Wider Benefits of Adult LearningEconomic Outcomes of Adult Education and Training
