Radicalizing learning: adult education for a just world

From acclaimed teaching experts Brookfield and Holst, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the practices and ideas that combine to create an understanding and facilitation of adult learning. It includes information on what adult learning is and how it can best be facilitated. Written from the perspective of the central roots of adult education (as a movement that helps adults learn what it means to participate fully in a genuine political and economic democracy) the book explores the areas of adult learning, training, teaching, facilitation, program development, and research INDICE: Preface. About the Authors. Acknowledgments. 1. Conceptualizing Adult Learning and Education. 2. Understanding Adult Learning. 3. Understanding Adult Development. 4. Learning in the Context of Training. 5. Planning Educational Programs: Principles, Goals, and Evaluation. 6. Teaching Adults. 7. Globalization and the Practice of Adult Learning. 8. Aesthetic Dimensions of Learning. 9. Researching Learning. 10. Adult Learning in a Diverse World. Epilogue. References.

• ISBN: 978-0-7879-9825-7
• Editorial: Jossey Bass
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 27/10/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés