Originally published in 1987 and now with an updated preface, this book distils and reflects upon major issues confronting adult educators worldwide.
Originally published in 1987 and now with an updated preface, this book distils and reflects upon major issues confronting adult educators worldwide. Theories, practices and systems of adult education unify the contradictions between different traditions and phases, drawing on the distinctive perspective offered by the Chinese setting and experience of the Shanghai Adult Education Research Society on which the book is based.
Part 1: Theories: Major Issues and Directions 1. Adult Education: An Awkening Force 2. Adult Education Theory and Development in China 3. Panel Commentary and Discussion 4. Trends and Issues for the Future 5. Adult Education and the Future: Major Issues and Directions Liberal and Popular Adult Education 1. The Evolution of the Liberal Tradition 2. Popular Adult Education and Peasant Movements for Social Change 3. On Social Change and People's Movement Approaches to Adult Education in Latin America 4. Panel Commentary and Discussion Adult Education Research 1. Research in Adult Education: Major Areas of Theory and Inquiry 2. Panel Commentary and Discussion 3. Structures and Working Methods of Chinese Research into Teaching in Adult Education Part 2: Applications: Workplace Education and Technological Change 1. Adult Education and the Changing Workplace. Characteristics and Benefits of Integrating Higher Education for Working Adults with Production 3. Implications of Technological Change for Adult Education 4. Panel Commentary and Discussion Literacy: The Moving Target 1. LIteracy: The Moving Target 2. An Arab World Perspective 3. The Relationship Between the Elimination of Illiteracy and Subsequent Continuing Education in Jilin Province 4. Panel Commentary and Discussion Agricultural Development and Peasant Education 1. Strategies for Agricultural Development and Peasant Education 2. Panel Commentary and Discussion Part 3: Systems: Policies and Organisation 1. Adult Education in Industrialised Countries: Perspectives and Approaches 2. Discussion 3. Developing a Socialist Adult Education System in China 4. Organisation of Adult Education in Rural Societies 5. Discussion The Training of Adult Educatiors 1. The Training of Adult Educators 2. Discussion