Ronald M. Cervero is professor of adult education and head of the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy at the University of Georgia. He is coauthor of Planning Responsibly for Adult Education, coeditor of Power In Practice (both with Arthur L. Wilson), and coeditor of Global Issues and Adult Education (with Sharan B. Merriam and Bradley C. Courtenay) all from Jossey-Bass, and author of numerous articles on the politics of adult education, program planning, and continuing education for the professions. Arthur L. Wilson is professor of adult education and Program Leader of Adult and Extension Education in the Department of Education at Cornell University.  He is coauthor of Planning Responsibly for Adult Education, coeditor of Power in Practice (both with Ronald M. Cervero), coeditor of the Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education (with Elisabeth R. Hayes), and author of numerous articles on the politics of adult education, program planning, and historical and philosophical foundations of adult education.

"…the authors have done excellent research on the reality of the program planning." (PsycCritiques, 09/06/2007)

• Preface vWorking the Planning Table: A Theory for Practice1. Seeing What Matters: Education as a Struggle for Knowledge and Power 52. Practicing Educational Planning: Three Stories 273. Negotiating Democratically for Educational and Political Outcomes 77Working the Planning Table: The Theory in Practice4. Negotiating the Program’s Needs-Assessment 1075. Negotiating the Program’s Educational, Management, and Political Objectives 1376. Negotiating the Program’s Instructional Design and Implementation 1617. Negotiating the Program’s Administrative Organization and Operation 1878. Negotiating the Program’s Formal and Informal Evaluation 2139. Working the Planning Table in the Struggle for Knowledge and Power 241References 269The Authors 285Index 289