Radicalizing Learning calls for a total rethinking of what the field of adult education stands for and how adult educators should assess their effectiveness. Arguing that major changes in society are needed to create a more just world, the authors set out to show how educators can help learners envision and enact this radical transformation.
Radicalizing Learning calls for a total rethinking of what the field of adult education stands for and how adult educators should assess their effectiveness. Arguing that major changes in society are needed to create a more just world, the authors set out to show how educators can help learners envision and enact this radical transformation.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Stephen D. Brookfield is Distinguished University Professor at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For 40 years he has taught in England, Canada, Australia, and the United States. A four-time winner of the Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education, he is the author of numerous books on teaching including The Skillful Teacher (Second Edition, 2006), Discussion as a Way of Teaching (Second Edition, 2005), and The Power of Critical Theory (2004), all from Jossey-Bass. John D. Holst is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he teaches graduate courses in critical pedagogy and the foundations of education. He has spent his 20-year career in community- and work-based adult education in Chicago, teaching in factory lunchrooms, hotels, church basements, government and nongovernmental organizations. He is the author of the book Social Movements, Civil Society, and Radical Adult Education and articles that have appeared in the Adult Education Quarterly, the International Journal of Lifelong Learning, and the Harvard Educational Review.
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Preface ix About the Authors xvii 1 Conceptualizing Adult Learning and Education 1 2 Understanding Adult Learning 23 3 Understanding Adult Development 43 4 Learning in the Context of Training 64 5 Planning Educational Programs: Principles, Goals, and Evaluation 86 6 Teaching Adults 107 7 Globalization and Adult Learning 129 8 Aesthetic Dimensions of Learning 145 9 Researching Learning 171 10 Adult Learning in a Diverse World 190 Epilogue 217 References 222 Name Index 241 Subject Index 246
Preface ix About the Authors xvii 1 Conceptualizing Adult Learning and Education 1 2 Understanding Adult Learning 23 3 Understanding Adult Development 43 4 Learning in the Context of Training 64 5 Planning Educational Programs: Principles, Goals, and Evaluation 86 6 Teaching Adults 107 7 Globalization and Adult Learning 129 8 Aesthetic Dimensions of Learning 145 9 Researching Learning 171 10 Adult Learning in a Diverse World 190 Epilogue 217 References 222 Name Index 241 Subject Index 246
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