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THE JOSSEY-BASS READER ON Contemporary Issues in Adult Education

With contributions from leading experts in the field, The Jossey-Bass Reader on Contemporary Issues in Adult Education collects in one volume the best previously published literature on the issues and trends affecting adult education today. The volume includes influential pieces from foundational authors in the profession such as Eduard C. Lindeman, Alain Locke, and Paulo Freire, as well as current work from authors around the world, including Laura L. Bierema, John M. Dirkx, Cecilia Amaluisa Fiallos, Peter Jarvis, Michael Newman, and Shirley Walters.

In five sections, the book''s thirty chapters delve into a wide range of compelling topics including:

  • social justice, democracy, and activism
  • diversity and marginalization
  • human resource development
  • lifelong learning
  • ethical issues
  • the meaning and role of emotions
  • globalization and n

    Table of Contents

    SOURCES xi

    PREFACE xvii

    THE EDITORS xxi

    ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS xxiii

    PART ONE DEFINING A FIELD OF PRACTICE: THE FOUNDATIONS OF ADULT EDUCATION 1

    1 For Those Who Need to Be Learners 7
    Eduard C. Lindeman

    2 The Negro in America 12
    Alain Locke

    3 Pedagogy of the Oppressed: Chapter 2 20
    Paulo Freire

    4 Building a Knowledge Base in U.S. Academic Adult Education(1945–1970) 33
    Andre´ P. Grace

    5 Adult Education at the Margins: A Literature Review 56
    Michelle Glowacki-Dudka and Lora B. Helvie-Mason

    6 African Americans in Adult Education: The Harlem Renaissance Revisited 67
    Juanita Johnson-Bailey

    7 Ethical Issues and Codes of Ethics: Views of Adult Education Practitioners in Canada and the United States 87
    Wanda Gordon and Thomas J. Sork

    PART TWO POSITIONING ADULT EDUCATION IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT 107

    8 Rediscovering Adult Education in a World of Lifelong Learning 113
    Peter Jarvis

    9 Research and Policy in Lifelong Learning 120
    Colin Griffin

    10 Social Movements, Class, and Adult Education 138
    Shirley Walters

    11 Social Change Education: Context Matters 149
    Kathryn Choules

    12 Adult Education and the Empowerment of the Individual in a Global Society 170
    Cecilia Amaluisa Fiallos

    13 Active and Inclusive Citizenship for Women: Democratic Considerations for Fostering Lifelong Education 186
    Patricia A. Gouthro

    PART THREE ADULT EDUCATION’S CONSTITUENCIES AND PROGRAM AREAS: COMPETING INTERESTS? 203

    14 Social Class and Adult Education 207
    Tom Nesbit

    15 Poverty Reduction and Adult Education: Beyond Basic Education 219
    Ruud van der Veen and Julia Preece

    16 Aligning Health Promotion and Adult Education for Healthier Communities 234
    Barbara J. Daley

    17 Critiquing Human Resource Development’s Dominant Masculine Rationality and Evaluating Its Impact 247
    Laura L. Bierema

    18 Organizational Learning Communities and the Dark Side of the Learning Organization 280
    Phillip H. Owenby

    19 Negotiating Democratically for Educational and Political Outcomes 291
    Ronald M. Cervero and Arthur L. Wilson

    PART FOUR THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF ADULT LEARNING 311

    20 Reflection Disempowered 315
    Michael Newman

    21 A Theory in Progress 321
    Patricia Cranton

    22 ‘‘Social Learning’’ for/in Adult Education?: A Discursive Review of What It Means for Learning to Be ‘‘Social’’ 340
    Kim L. Niewolny and Arthur L. Wilson

    23 The Meaning and Role of Emotions in Adult Learning 349
    John M. Dirkx

    24 Adult Education and the Mass Media in the Age of Globalization 363
    Talmadge C. Guy

    25 Non-Western Perspectives on Learning and Knowing 378
    Sharan B. Merriam and Young Sek Kim

    PART FIVE NEW DISCOURSES SHAPING CONTEMPORARY ADULT EDUCATION 391

    26 Attending to the Theoretical Landscape in Adult Education 395
    Valerie-Lee Chapman

    27 Popular Culture, Cultural Resistance, and Anticonsumption Activism: An Exploration of Culture Jamming as Critical Adult Education 401
    Jennifer A. Sandlin

    28 Toward a Postmodern Pedagogy 413
    Deborah Kilgore

    29 Activism as Practice: Some Queer Considerations 424
    Robert J. Hill

    30 Using Freirean Pedagogy of Just Ire to Inform Critical Social Learning in Arts-Informed Community Education for Sexual Minorities 436
    Andre´ P. Grace and Kristopher Wells

    NAME INDEX 459

    SUBJECT INDEX 467

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      Publication Date: Publication Date: 27/04/2011
      ISBN13: 9780470873564, 978-0470873564
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      Book Synopsis

      THE JOSSEY-BASS READER ON Contemporary Issues in Adult Education

      With contributions from leading experts in the field, The Jossey-Bass Reader on Contemporary Issues in Adult Education collects in one volume the best previously published literature on the issues and trends affecting adult education today. The volume includes influential pieces from foundational authors in the profession such as Eduard C. Lindeman, Alain Locke, and Paulo Freire, as well as current work from authors around the world, including Laura L. Bierema, John M. Dirkx, Cecilia Amaluisa Fiallos, Peter Jarvis, Michael Newman, and Shirley Walters.

      In five sections, the book''s thirty chapters delve into a wide range of compelling topics including:

      • social justice, democracy, and activism
      • diversity and marginalization
      • human resource development
      • lifelong learning
      • ethical issues
      • the meaning and role of emotions
      • globalization and n

        Table of Contents

        SOURCES xi

        PREFACE xvii

        THE EDITORS xxi

        ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS xxiii

        PART ONE DEFINING A FIELD OF PRACTICE: THE FOUNDATIONS OF ADULT EDUCATION 1

        1 For Those Who Need to Be Learners 7
        Eduard C. Lindeman

        2 The Negro in America 12
        Alain Locke

        3 Pedagogy of the Oppressed: Chapter 2 20
        Paulo Freire

        4 Building a Knowledge Base in U.S. Academic Adult Education(1945–1970) 33
        Andre´ P. Grace

        5 Adult Education at the Margins: A Literature Review 56
        Michelle Glowacki-Dudka and Lora B. Helvie-Mason

        6 African Americans in Adult Education: The Harlem Renaissance Revisited 67
        Juanita Johnson-Bailey

        7 Ethical Issues and Codes of Ethics: Views of Adult Education Practitioners in Canada and the United States 87
        Wanda Gordon and Thomas J. Sork

        PART TWO POSITIONING ADULT EDUCATION IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT 107

        8 Rediscovering Adult Education in a World of Lifelong Learning 113
        Peter Jarvis

        9 Research and Policy in Lifelong Learning 120
        Colin Griffin

        10 Social Movements, Class, and Adult Education 138
        Shirley Walters

        11 Social Change Education: Context Matters 149
        Kathryn Choules

        12 Adult Education and the Empowerment of the Individual in a Global Society 170
        Cecilia Amaluisa Fiallos

        13 Active and Inclusive Citizenship for Women: Democratic Considerations for Fostering Lifelong Education 186
        Patricia A. Gouthro

        PART THREE ADULT EDUCATION’S CONSTITUENCIES AND PROGRAM AREAS: COMPETING INTERESTS? 203

        14 Social Class and Adult Education 207
        Tom Nesbit

        15 Poverty Reduction and Adult Education: Beyond Basic Education 219
        Ruud van der Veen and Julia Preece

        16 Aligning Health Promotion and Adult Education for Healthier Communities 234
        Barbara J. Daley

        17 Critiquing Human Resource Development’s Dominant Masculine Rationality and Evaluating Its Impact 247
        Laura L. Bierema

        18 Organizational Learning Communities and the Dark Side of the Learning Organization 280
        Phillip H. Owenby

        19 Negotiating Democratically for Educational and Political Outcomes 291
        Ronald M. Cervero and Arthur L. Wilson

        PART FOUR THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF ADULT LEARNING 311

        20 Reflection Disempowered 315
        Michael Newman

        21 A Theory in Progress 321
        Patricia Cranton

        22 ‘‘Social Learning’’ for/in Adult Education?: A Discursive Review of What It Means for Learning to Be ‘‘Social’’ 340
        Kim L. Niewolny and Arthur L. Wilson

        23 The Meaning and Role of Emotions in Adult Learning 349
        John M. Dirkx

        24 Adult Education and the Mass Media in the Age of Globalization 363
        Talmadge C. Guy

        25 Non-Western Perspectives on Learning and Knowing 378
        Sharan B. Merriam and Young Sek Kim

        PART FIVE NEW DISCOURSES SHAPING CONTEMPORARY ADULT EDUCATION 391

        26 Attending to the Theoretical Landscape in Adult Education 395
        Valerie-Lee Chapman

        27 Popular Culture, Cultural Resistance, and Anticonsumption Activism: An Exploration of Culture Jamming as Critical Adult Education 401
        Jennifer A. Sandlin

        28 Toward a Postmodern Pedagogy 413
        Deborah Kilgore

        29 Activism as Practice: Some Queer Considerations 424
        Robert J. Hill

        30 Using Freirean Pedagogy of Just Ire to Inform Critical Social Learning in Arts-Informed Community Education for Sexual Minorities 436
        Andre´ P. Grace and Kristopher Wells

        NAME INDEX 459

        SUBJECT INDEX 467

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