1st Edition
From Adult Education to the Learning Society 21 Years of the International Journal of Lifelong Education
This unique text provides a valuable route map to the development of thinking in adult education and lifelong learning. It includes more than twenty-five seminal articles from the first two decades of the International Journal of Lifelong Education, written by leading authors in the field from the UK, the USA, Australia and Europe.
Compiled to show the development of the field, the articles are divided into four sections:
From Ault Education…
…to Lifelong Education
…and Lifelong Learning
…to the Learning Society and Beyond.
The specially written Introduction by the editor contextualises the selection and introduces readers to the main issues and current thinking in the field. This is the only text of its kind to demonstrate practice and policy internationally over this period, and as the collection of articles are now available in one easy-access place, this is an excellent resource for students and scholars.
Table of Contents:
Part 1 – From Adult Education …
Deontological Liberalism: the political philosophy of liberal adult education – Kenneth Lawson
To a middle ground praxis and ideology in adult education – Arthur L Wilson
Thematization of power, the search for common interests, and self-reflection – Mechthild Hart
Adult Literacy and the Mode of Production – Frank Youngman
Against Modernity: Ghandi and adult education – Tom Steele and Richard Taylor
Gender and the curriculum of adult education – Sue Blundell
Part 2 - …to Lifelong Education
Basil Yeaxlea and lifelong education – Angela Cross-Durrant
Lifelong education and adult education: the state of the theory – Kenneth Wain
Globalization and lifelong education: reflection on some challenges for Africa – Akpovire Obduran
Education and work – Ettore Gelpi
Professional practice, learning and continuing education: an integrated perspective – Ronald Cervero
Beyond legitimacy: Facing the future in distance education – T.R Morrison
Athene in academe: Women mentoring women in the academy – Joyce Stalker
Education for sale: at what cost? Lifelong learning and the market place – Patricia Gouthrou
Part 3 - …and Lifelong Learning
The concept of experiential learning and John Dewey’s theory of reflective thought and action – Reijo Miettnen
Adult education: a sartrean-based perspective – Bonnie Burstow
Making judgments as the basis for workplace learning – David Becket and Paul Hager
Being and Becoming: a student trajectory – Ronald Barnett
The adulthood of Buddhahood: Buddism, lifelong learning and the education of desire – Sonia Macpherson
Part 4 - …to the Learning Society and Beyond
The Learning Society – Hendrik van der Zee
Social Capital, human capital and the learning society – Tom Schuller and John Field
Lifelong learning and welfare reform – Colin Griffin
The concept and problem of public enlightenment – Bo Jacobsen
Adult learning for citizenship: towards a reconstruction of the social purpose tradition – Rennie Johnson
Beyond lifelong learning: a call to civically responsible change – Ian baptiste
Biography
Peter Jarvis is Professor of Education at the University of Surrey. He is Editor of the International Journal of Lifelong Education, published by Taylor & Francis. He is author of many books in the field of adult education and lifelong learning, many of which are published by Routledge.
