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A research-based foundational overview of contemporary adult education Foundations of Adult and Continuing Education distills decades of scholarship in the field to provide students and practitioners with an up-to-date practical resource.

Table of Contents

Preface v

About the Authors xiii

1. What Counts as Adult Education? 1

2. Who Participates in Adult and Continuing Education?: Mapping the Adult Learning Landscape 33

3. Who Are Adult Educators, and What Do They Do? 71

4. Adult and Continuing Education as an Evolving Profession 103

5. Philosophy 137

6. Historical Perspectives: Contexts or Contours 171

7. The Adult Learner 215

8. Policy and Politics 255

9. Technology and Adult Learning 291

10. The Landscape of Adult Education: Prominent Organizational Contexts of Adult Education 323

11. The Landscape of Adult Education: Community-Based and Community Action Contexts of Adult Education 351

12. Changing Boundaries of Adult and Continuing Education 383

Index 407

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 17/02/2017
      ISBN13: 9781118955093, 978-1118955093
      ISBN10: 1118955099
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A research-based foundational overview of contemporary adult education Foundations of Adult and Continuing Education distills decades of scholarship in the field to provide students and practitioners with an up-to-date practical resource.

      Table of Contents

      Preface v

      About the Authors xiii

      1. What Counts as Adult Education? 1

      2. Who Participates in Adult and Continuing Education?: Mapping the Adult Learning Landscape 33

      3. Who Are Adult Educators, and What Do They Do? 71

      4. Adult and Continuing Education as an Evolving Profession 103

      5. Philosophy 137

      6. Historical Perspectives: Contexts or Contours 171

      7. The Adult Learner 215

      8. Policy and Politics 255

      9. Technology and Adult Learning 291

      10. The Landscape of Adult Education: Prominent Organizational Contexts of Adult Education 323

      11. The Landscape of Adult Education: Community-Based and Community Action Contexts of Adult Education 351

      12. Changing Boundaries of Adult and Continuing Education 383

      Index 407

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