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An authoritative overview of the current state of the field of adult and continuing education

Drawing on the contributions of 75 leading authors in the field, this 2010 Edition of the respected Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education provides adult education scholars, program administrators, and teachers with a solid foundation for understanding the current guiding beliefs, practices, and tensions faced in the field, as well as a basis for developing and refining their own approaches to their work and scholarship.

Offering expanded discussions in the areas of social justice, technology, and the global dimensions of adult and continuing education, the Handbook continues the tradition of previous volumes with discussions of contemporary theories, current forms and contexts of practice, and core processes and functions. Insightful chapters examine adult and continuing education as it relates to gender and sexuality, race, our aging society, class and place, and disability.

Key Features

Expanded coverage of social justice, the impact of technology, and the global dimensions of adult and continuing education provides a useful update on theories and practices in the field as they have evolved during the last decade.

An invaluable introductory overview and synthesis of key aspects of the field of practice and scholarship acquaints new readers to the field

The centrality of social justice in adult and continuing education is addressed in a new section.

The broader global context of contemporary adult and continuing education is covered in a final section. (From the Publisher)

Table Of Content:
AAACE Statement
About the Editors
List of Contributors
Introduction: Adult and Continuing Education as an Intellectual Commons (Carol E. Kasworm, Amy D. Rose, and Jovita M. Ross-Gordon

Part I: The Centrality of the Adult Learner and Adult Learning
ch. 1 Adult Learners (Catherine A. Hansman, and Vivian W. Mott)
ch. 2 Access and Participation (Margery B. Ginsberg, and Raymond J. Wlodkowski)
ch. 3 Adult Learning (Marcie Boucouvalas, and Randee Lipson Lawrence)
ch. 4 Adult Development (M. Cecil Smith, and Kathleen Taylor)
ch. 5 Group and Organizational Learning (Karen E. Watkins, and Victoria J. Marsick)

Part II: Creation of Open Exchanges of Knowledge, Theory, and Practice
ch. 6 Theoretical frameworks for understanding the field (Stephen D. Brookfield)
ch. 7 Histories of Adult Education: Constructing the Past (Michael R. Welton)
ch. 8 International and Comparative Adult and Continuing Education (Mary V. Alfred, and Fredrick Muyia Nafukho)
ch. 9 Policy and Adult Learning and Education (Robert J. Hill)
ch. 10 Sociology of Adult and Continuing Education: Some Key Understandings for the Field of Practice (Shauna Butterwick, and John P. Egan)

Part III: Adult and Continuing Education as a Field of Practice
ch. 11 Professionalization of the Field of Adult and Continuing Education (Alan B. Knox, and Jean E. Fleming)
ch. 12 Professional Identity (Laura L. Bierema)
ch. 13 Facilitation and Design of Learning (Regina O. Smith)
ch. 14 Planning and Delivery of Adult Learning Experiences (Thomas J. Sork)
ch. 15 Assessment and Evaluation (Michael W. Galbraith, and Melanie S. Jones)
ch. 16 Management and Leadership (Catherine H. Monaghan)

Part IV: Diversity of Adult Learning Venues and Collective Endeavors
ch. 17 Adult Basic Education (Ralf St. Clari, and Alisa Belzer)
ch. 18 English Language Learning for Adults (Clarena Larrotta)
ch. 19 Adult Education for the Empowerment of Indviduals and Communities (Esther Prins, and Brendaly Drayton)
ch. 20 Adults in Four Years of Colleges and Universities: Moving from the Margin to Mainstream? (Lorilee R. Sandmann)
ch. 21 The Learning Landscape of Community Colleges (Nancy Lloyd Pfahl, Kay M. McClenney, Terry O'Banion, Lelia González Sulllivan, and Cynthia M. Wilson)
ch. 22 Employer-Sponsored Learning in the Workplace (Shri Peterson)
ch. 23 Workers' Education for the twenty-first century (Bruce Spencer)
ch. 24 Armed Forces Education (Cheryl J. Polson)
ch. 25 Continuing Professional Education (Laurel H. Jeris)
ch. 26 Spirituality and Adult Education (Leona M. English, and Elizabeth J. Tisdell)
ch. 27 Adult and Continuing Education for Health and Wellness (Lilian H. Hill, and Linda Ziegahn)
ch. 28. Environmental Adult and Continuing Education (Elizabeth A. Lange)
ch. 29 Distance Education in the Age of the Internet (Walter Archer, and D. Randy Garrison)
ch. 30 Adult Education in Cultural Institutions: Libraries, Museums, Parks, and Zoos (Edward W. Taylor, Marilyn McKinley Parrish, and Richard Banz)

Part V: Centrality of Social Justice
ch. 31 Social Justice in Adult and Continuing Education: Laboring in the Fields of Reality and Hope (Juanita Johnson-Bailey, Lisa M. Baumgartner, and Tuere A. Bowles)
ch. 32 Struggles for Utopia(s)?Gender and Sexuality in Adult and Continuing Education (Susan J. Bracken, and Heather Nash)
ch. 33 Chasing the American Dream: Race and Adult and Continuing Education (E. Paulette Isaac, Lisa R. Merriweather, and Elice E. Rogers)
ch. 34 Adult and Continuing Ed. In Relation to an Aging Society (Mary Alice Wolf, and E. Michael Brady)
ch. 35 Adult and Continuing Education for Adults with Disabilities (Tonette S. Rocco, and Sandra L. Fornes)
ch. 36 Class and Place in Adult and Continuing Education (Tom Nesbit, and Arthur L. Wilson)

Part VI: The Future of Adult and Continuing Education
ch. 37 Globalization and the Role of Adult and Continuing Education: Challenges and Opportunities (Sharan B. Merriam)
ch. 38 The Knowledge Society and Adult and Continuing Education (Elisabeth E. Bennett, and Alexandra A. Bell)
ch. 39 Informal Learning in a Virtual Era (Kathleen King)
ch. 40 Creating and Re-Creating Community Conclusion: Looking Forward, Looking Backward (Colleen Aalsburg Wiessner, Vanessa Sheared, Pooneh Lari, Suzanne Z. Kucharczyk, and Doris Flowers)

Conclusion: Looking Back, Looking Forward (Carol E. Kasworm, Amy D. Rose, and Jovita M. Ross-Gordon)
Author Index
Subject Index