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Author Brookfield, Stephen D

Title Radicalizing Learning : Adult Education for a Just World
Published Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010

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Description 1 online resource (287 pages)
Series The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
Contents Radicalizing Learning: Adult Education for a Just World; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Conceptualizing Adult Learning and Education; Chapter 2: Understanding Adult Learning; Chapter 3: Understanding Adult Development; Chapter 4: Learning in the Context of Training; Chapter 5: Planning Educational Programs; Chapter 6: Teaching Adults; Chapter 7: Globalization and Adult Learning; Chapter 8: Aesthetic Dimensions of Learning; Chapter 9: Researching Learning; Chapter 10: Adult Learning in a Diverse World; Epilogue; References; Name Index; Subject Index
Summary Praise for Radicalizing Learning"This is a book that is so interesting that I had trouble putting it down. It is well written; there is new material; it articulates familiar concepts in such novel ways that your thought patterns get hijacked reading it. Adult learning and its processes are examined from a socialist perspective with a focus on social justice."--Phyllis M. CunninghamDistinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Northern Illinois University"Read this book and rub shoulders with Nelson Mandela, Septima Clark, Antonio Gramsci, Paulo Freire, Jane Thompson, Myles Horton, and a whole hord
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Adult education -- United States
Adult learning -- United States
Critical pedagogy -- United States
Education.
EDUCATION -- Adult & Continuing Education.
EDUCATION -- Non-Formal Education.
Adult education
Adult learning
Critical pedagogy
Education
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Holst, John D
ISBN 9780470873069
047087306X
9780470873083
0470873086