Adult Education in the American Experience

From the Colonial Period to the Present

Inbunden, Engelska, 1994

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Beskrivning

From the earliest contributions of Native Americans in the colonial period to the workforce preparation crisis in the 1980s, this book explores the patterns, themes, and changing ideologies of learning and education in adulthood.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1994-10-27
Mått:164 x 234 x 33 mm
Vikt:685 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:416
Förlag:John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN:9780787900250

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HAROLD W. STUBBLEFIELD is professor of adult education atthe Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. A winnerof the 1988 Imogene Okes Award for Outstanding Research in AdultEducation, he has been chair of the Commission of Professors ofAdult Education and a consulting editor of Adult EducationQuarterly. PATRICK KEANE was professor of continuing education atDalhousie University in Nova Scotia from 1970 until his retirementin 1992. His articles have been published in such journals asStudies in Adult Education, International Journal ofLifelong Education, Convergence, and Adult EducationQuarterly.

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"Stubblefield and Keane have brought a high degree of organizationand coherence to the very complex history of adult education in theUnited States. No one who is serious about the study of adultlearning can afford to be without this thoroughly researchedvolume."--David W. Stewart, director of program development, theCenter for Adult Learning and Educational Credentials, AmericanCouncil on Education

Innehållsförteckning

Part One: Adult Education in Early America. Part Two: The Early National and Antebellum Eras. Part Three: Adult Education in an Era of Modernization. Part Four: The Nation Amid Crisis and Recovery. Part Five: America at the Peak of World Power.