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OverviewAs 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kjell RubensonPublisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Imprint: Academic Press Inc.(London) Ltd Dimensions: Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 0.600kg ISBN: 9780081014998ISBN 10: 0081014996 Pages: 326 Publication Date: 19 August 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction Adult Education Rewriting the History of Adult Education: The Search for Narrative Structures Lifelong Learning Adult Learning, Instruction, and Program Planning Adult Learning Adult Learning: Philosophical Issues The Adult Development of Cognition and Learning Characteristics of Adult Learning Adult Learning and instruction: Transformative-Learning Perspectives Adult Learning in a Biographic Perspective Adult Learning, Instruction and Programme Planning: Insights from Freire Workplace-Learning Frameworks Organizational Learning Informal Learning: A Contested Concept Program Planning Domains provisions and participation Adult Basic Education – A Challenge for Vocational Based Learning Adult Literacy Education Citizenship and Immigrant Education Labor Education Popular Adult Education University Adult Continuing Education – the Extramural Tradition Revisited Community Based Adult Education Continuing Professional Education: Multiple Stakeholders and Agendas Displaced Workers, Unemployed, and VET Museums as Sites of Adult Learning Learning Cities and Regions The Age of Learning: Seniors’ Learning HIV Education for Low-Literate People: Transforming Students and Communities through Paulo Freire’s Praxis and the Pedagogy of Action Overview of Lifelong Learning Policies and Systems Financing of Adult and Lifelong Learning Provision of Prior Learning Assessment Portfolio Assessment Participation in Adult Learning Barriers to Participation in Adult Education Perspectives in Adult Education Research Trends in Workplace Learning Research Gender Analysis Class Analysis in Adult Education Race and Ethnicity in the Field of Adult Education Adult Learning, Economy, and Society Modernization Processes and the Changing Functions of Adult Education The Political Economy of Adult Education Adult Education and Civil Society Adult Education and Nation Building Health and Adult Learning Globalization and Vocational Education and Training NGOs and Globalization of Education Wider Benefits of Adult Learning Economic Outcomes of Adult Education and TrainingReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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