Jossey-Bass Reader on Contemporary Issues in Adult Education

THE EDITORS Sharan B. Merriam is professor emeritus of adult education and qualitative research at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. She is the author, coauthor, or editor of more than twenty-six books, including Learning in Adulthood, The Profession and Practice of Adult Education, and The New Update on Adult Learning Theory, all from Jossey-Bass. André P. Grace is a professor in educational policy studies and director of the Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services in the Faculty of Education, University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. He is the coauthor of Challenging the Professionalization of Adult Education from Jossey-Bass.

• SOURCES xiPREFACE xviiTHE EDITORS xxiABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS xxiiiPART ONE DEFINING A FIELD OF PRACTICE: THE FOUNDATIONS OF ADULT EDUCATION 11 For Those Who Need to Be Learners 7Eduard C. Lindeman2 The Negro in America 12Alain Locke3 Pedagogy of the Oppressed: Chapter 2 20Paulo Freire4 Building a Knowledge Base in U.S. Academic Adult Education(1945–1970) 33Andre´ P. Grace5 Adult Education at the Margins: A Literature Review 56Michelle Glowacki-Dudka and Lora B. Helvie-Mason6 African Americans in Adult Education: The Harlem Renaissance Revisited 67Juanita Johnson-Bailey7 Ethical Issues and Codes of Ethics: Views of Adult Education Practitioners in Canada and the United States 87Wanda Gordon and Thomas J. SorkPART TWO POSITIONING ADULT EDUCATION IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT 1078 Rediscovering Adult Education in a World of Lifelong Learning 113Peter Jarvis9 Research and Policy in Lifelong Learning 120Colin Griffin10 Social Movements, Class, and Adult Education 138Shirley Walters11 Social Change Education: Context Matters 149Kathryn Choules12 Adult Education and the Empowerment of the Individual in a Global Society 170Cecilia Amaluisa Fiallos13 Active and Inclusive Citizenship for Women: Democratic Considerations for Fostering Lifelong Education 186Patricia A. GouthroPART THREE ADULT EDUCATION’S CONSTITUENCIES AND PROGRAM AREAS: COMPETING INTERESTS? 20314 Social Class and Adult Education 207Tom Nesbit15 Poverty Reduction and Adult Education: Beyond Basic Education 219Ruud van der Veen and Julia Preece16 Aligning Health Promotion and Adult Education for Healthier Communities 234Barbara J. Daley17 Critiquing Human Resource Development’s Dominant Masculine Rationality and Evaluating Its Impact 247Laura L. Bierema18 Organizational Learning Communities and the Dark Side of the Learning Organization 280Phillip H. Owenby19 Negotiating Democratically for Educational and Political Outcomes 291Ronald M. Cervero and Arthur L. WilsonPART FOUR THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF ADULT LEARNING 31120 Reflection Disempowered 315Michael Newman21 A Theory in Progress 321Patricia Cranton22 ‘‘Social Learning’’ for/in Adult Education?: A Discursive Review of What It Means for Learning to Be ‘‘Social’’ 340Kim L. Niewolny and Arthur L. Wilson23 The Meaning and Role of Emotions in Adult Learning 349John M. Dirkx24 Adult Education and the Mass Media in the Age of Globalization 363Talmadge C. Guy25 Non-Western Perspectives on Learning and Knowing 378Sharan B. Merriam and Young Sek KimPART FIVE NEW DISCOURSES SHAPING CONTEMPORARY ADULT EDUCATION 39126 Attending to the Theoretical Landscape in Adult Education 395Valerie-Lee Chapman27 Popular Culture, Cultural Resistance, and Anticonsumption Activism: An Exploration of Culture Jamming as Critical Adult Education 401Jennifer A. Sandlin28 Toward a Postmodern Pedagogy 413Deborah Kilgore29 Activism as Practice: Some Queer Considerations 424Robert J. Hill30 Using Freirean Pedagogy of Just Ire to Inform Critical Social Learning in Arts-Informed Community Education for Sexual Minorities 436Andre´ P. Grace and Kristopher WellsNAME INDEX 459SUBJECT INDEX 467