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Foundations of adult and continuing education /
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. Grounded in research and focused on the unique needs of adult...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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San Francisco, CA :
Jossey-Bass, a Wiley Brand,
[2017]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- What counts as adult education?
- Who participates in adult and continuing education? : mapping the adult learning landscape
- Who are adult educators, and what do they do?
- Adult and continuing education as an evolving profession
- Philosophy
- Historical perspectives : contexts or contours
- The adult learner
- Policy and politics
- Technology and adult learning
- The landscape of adult education : prominent organizational contexts of adult education
- The landscape of adult education : community-based and community action contexts of adult education
- Changing boundaries of adult and continuing education.