Adult and continuing education : theory and practice

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• List of figures = ⅹ
• List of tables = xi
• Acknowledgements = xii
• Introduction = xiii
• Introduction to revised edition = xiv
• 1 Towards a rationale for the provision of education for adults = 1
• The nature of contemporary society = 1
• The nature of the individual = 7
• Summary = 15
• 2 A conceptual framework for adult and continuing education = 16
• The changing concept of education = 16
• Teaching, learning and education = 19
• Adult education and the education of adults = 20
• Lifelong education = 23
• Continuing education = 25
• Recurrent education = 30
• Community education = 33
• The learning society = 40
• Summary = 41
• 3 The adult learner and adult learning = 43
• The adult learner = 43
• Adult learning = 54
• Summary = 82
• 4 Adults learning - some theoretical perspectives = 83
• Paulo Freire = 83
• Robert M. Gagne = 87
• Malcolm Knowles = 90
• Jack Mezirow = 94
• Carl Rogers = 97
• Summary = 99
• 5 Teaching adults = 101
• Conditions of learning and approaches to teaching = 102
• The process of teaching = 106
• Teaching methods = 114
• Teaching aids = 140
• Summary = 142
• 6 Theoretical perspectives on teaching adults = 143
• Towards a moral understanding of teaching = 143
• Theorists of teaching = 146
• Summary = 155
• 7 Distance education = 157
• Industrial-capitalism = 159
• Space-time distanciation = 160
• Disembedded mechanisms and expert systems = 160
• Reflexivity = 161
• Individuation = 161
• Summary = 162
• 8 Teachers of adults and their preparation = 163
• Educators of adults and their role = 166
• The adult educator's training and qualifications = 171
• Recent developments in training educators of adults = 174
• The qualities of the adult educator and criteria for curricula of training = 180
• The professionalization of adult education? = 184
• Summary = 187
• 9 Curriculum theory and programme planning = 189
• The concept of curriculum = 189
• A historical overview of curriculum theory in the education of adults = 192
• New perspectives on planning education programmes for adults = 217
• Concluding discussion = 227
• Summary = 228
• 10 The provision of education for adults in the United Kingdom = 229
• The providers of education for adults = 230
• Recent developments in the provision of education for adults = 242
• Organizations involved in the education of adults = 250
• Research in adult and continuing education = 256
• Summary = 257
• 11 Towards an understanding of practice, theory and research = 259
• Adult and continuing education as fields of practice = 260
• The concept of practical knowledge = 260
• Further theoretical analysis into adult and continuing education = 264
• Research into adult and continuing education = 265
• Summary = 266
• Selected further reading = 268
• Bibliography = 277
• Index = 295