The Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education
M Cecil Smith editor Tonette S Rocco editor Lisa R Merriweather editor Robert C Mizzi editor Joshua D Hawley editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
Published:6th Nov '20
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Co-published with Colleges and universities are increasingly becoming significant sites for adult education scholarship—in large part due to demographic shifts. With fewer U.S. high school graduates on the horizon, higher education institutions will need to attract “non-traditional” (i.e., older) adult learners to remain viable, both financially and politically. There is a need to develop a better corpus of scholarship on topics as diverse as, what learning theories are useful for understanding adult learning? How are higher education institutions changing in response to the surge of adult students? What academic programs are providing better learning and employment outcomes for adults in college? Adult education scholars can offer much to the policy debates taking place in higher education. A main premise of this handbook is that adult and continuing education should not simply respond to rapidly changing social, economic, technological, and political environments across the globe, but should lead the way in preparing adults to become informed, globally-connected, critical citizens who are knowledgeable, skilled, and open and adaptive to change and uncertainty.The Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education provides rich information on the contemporary issues and trends that are of concern to adult and continuing education, of the programs and resources available to adult learners, and of opportunities to challenge and critique the structures embedded in the field that perpetuate inequity and social injustice. Adult education is a discipline that foresees a better tomorrow, and The Handbook is designed to engage and inspire readers to assist the field to seek new paths in uncertain and complex times, ask questions, and to help the field flourish.The Handbook is divided into five sections. The first, Foundations situates the field by describing the developments, core debates, perspectives, and key principles that form the basis of the field.The second, Understanding Adult Learning, includes chapters on adult learning, adult development, motivation, access, participation, and support of adult learners, and mentoring.Teaching Practices and Administrative Leadership, the third section, offers chapters on organization and administration, program planning, assessment and evaluation, teaching perspectives, andragogy and pedagogy, public pedagogy, and digital technologies for teaching and learning.The fourth section is Formal and Informal Learning Contexts. Chapters cover adult basic, GED, and literacy education, English-as-a-Second Language Programs, family literacy, prison education, workforce development, military education, international development education,...
"To sum up, potential readers will probably find everything they want to know about current adult education and continuing learning in this latest edition of the Handbook. In this context, it is worth mentioning that one of the key strengths of this publication is the broad scale of topics it covers. Many of them, which are part of the 'contemporary issues', have never been discussed by foundational literature. Therefore, these chapters can be a source of inspiration for both students and researchers as well as practitioners and stakeholders seeking new fresh approaches to rebuilding lifelong learning programmes or introducing policy innovations. The editorial team did an colossal job in providing an overview of knowledge concerning the complexities of lifelong learning and shedding light on unconscious biases in its background. This Handbook definitely raises awareness of them.
I found reading the Handbook’s chapters helpful and inspirational. Any scholar or professional who wishes to build a better community through learning will benefit from them."
Jan Kalenda
International Review of Education - Journal of Lifelong Learning (IRE)
ISBN: 9781620366844
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 1474g
524 pages