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Mapping the Field of Adult and Continuing Education : An International Compendium: Volume 1: Adult Learners.

Knox, Alan B.

Mapping the Field of Adult and Continuing Education : An International Compendium: Volume 1: Adult Learners. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (179 pages)

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction to Volume One -- Section One: Adult Life Cycle Development -- Chapter 1: An Engaged Third Age -- Chapter 2: Identity/Self-Development and Chronic Disease -- Chapter 3: Educating Multigenerational Groups of Adult Learners -- Chapter 4: Pseudoautonomy in the Lives of Adult Learners -- Chapter 5: Learning in Later Life -- Section Two: Learning Theory and Practice -- Chapter 6: Transformative Learning Theory -- Chapter 7: The Relevance of Indigenous Knowledge for Adult Education -- Chapter 8: The Cognitive Aspect of Adult Learners from Neuroscience -- Chapter 9: Adult Literacy Practices and Adult Basic Education -- Chapter 10: Global Climate Change Education is All Local -- Section Three: A Broad Spectrum of Learners -- Chapter 11: Lifelong and Lifewide Loving in Education -- Chapter 12: Adult Learners with Disabilities: Overcoming Invisibility and Exclusion -- Chapter 13: Adults with Low Literacy Skills: Theoretical Perspectives Toward Understanding Teaching and Learning -- Chapter 14: The Power to Change Lives: The University of Wisconsin-Madison Odyssey Project -- Chapter 15: Promoting Gender Equity and Leadership Among Ethiopian Women in Medicine -- Chapter 16: Leveling the Field: Professional Development for Part-Time Employees -- Glossary -- Appendix: Contents for Volume Two, Volume Three, and Volume Four -- Editors and Contributors -- Index.

Co-published with The field of Adult and Continuing Education (ACE) has long been influential beyond its already porous borders and continues to be a source of important ideas, inspiration, and innovative practices for those in disciplines such as educational administration, social work, nursing, and counseling.

9781000974423


Adult education-Cross-cultural studies.
Continuing education-Cross-cultural studies.


Electronic books.

LC5215 .M377 2017

374

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