Stephen D. Brookfield is Distinguished University Professor at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For 40 years he has taught in England, Canada, Australia, and the United States. A four-time winner of the Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education, he is the author of numerous books on teaching including The Skillful Teacher (Second Edition, 2006), Discussion as a Way of Teaching (Second Edition, 2005), and The Power of Critical Theory (2004), all from Jossey-Bass. John D. Holst is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he teaches graduate courses in critical pedagogy and the foundations of education. He has spent his 20-year career in community- and work-based adult education in Chicago, teaching in factory lunchrooms, hotels, church basements, government and nongovernmental organizations. He is the author of the book Social Movements, Civil Society, and Radical Adult Education and articles that have appeared in the Adult Education Quarterly, the International Journal of Lifelong Learning, and the Harvard Educational Review.

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• Preface ixAbout the Authors xvii1 Conceptualizing Adult Learning and Education 12 Understanding Adult Learning 233 Understanding Adult Development 434 Learning in the Context of Training 645 Planning Educational Programs: Principles, Goals, and Evaluation 866 Teaching Adults 1077 Globalization and Adult Learning 1298 Aesthetic Dimensions of Learning 1459 Researching Learning 17110 Adult Learning in a Diverse World 190Epilogue 217References 222Name Index 241Subject Index 246