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Routledge Library Editions: Adult Education

by Various Authors

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 The books in this set, originally published between 1979 and 1992 with many including global case studies reflect upon major issues confronting adult educators worldwide.
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Grassroots Approaches To Combatting Poverty Through Adult Education - Supplement To Adult Education And Development No. 34/1990

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 Originally published in 1990 this supplement to No. 34 (1990) of the journal Adult Education, discusses the relationship between adult education and development. All the studies included in it focus on the reduction of poverty.
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Adult Education And Socialist Pedagogy

by Frank Youngman

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 Originally published in 1986 this book develops a socialist pedagogy within adult education, using a Marxist theoretical framework.
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Towards A History Of Adult Education In America - The Search For A Unifying Principle

by Harold W. Stubblefield

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 Originally published in 1988 this book examines the work of the first generation adult education theorists and the traditions that their work helped establish.
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Lifelong Education And International Relations

by Ettore Gelpi

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 Originally published in 1985, this book argues that lifelong education has a vital part to play in fostering international political understanding.
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Why Adults Learn - Towards A Theory Of Participation In Adult Education

by Sean Courtney

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 Originally published in 1992 this book looks at the phenomenon of adult education by exploring the nature of the motivation that moves people to return to school or to seek involvement inorganized learning activities.
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Combatting Poverty Through Adult Education - National Development Strategies

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 Originally published in 1985 this book addresses important questions about the nature and meaning of development as these concern adult education in the developing world. It consists of 7 case studies of adult education programmes in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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Theory And Practice In The Study Of Adult Education - The Epistemological Debate

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 Originally published in 1989, this book presents a variety of perspectives on the definition of knowledge and of adult education, by leading authors and practitioners in the study of adult education in the UK and USA.
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Adult Education And Cultural Development

by David Jones

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 Originally published in 1988, this book examines the concept of culture and the transmission of cultural values in relations to adult education. It emphasizes the importance of perceiving culture as a social construct which is part of a specific value system.
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Training Adult Educators In Western Europe

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 Originally published in 1991 this book is a comparative study of systems of preparing adult educators in the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Cyprus.
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University Adult Education In England And The Usa - A Reappraisal Of The Liberal Tradition

by Kathleen Rockhill, Richard Taylor e Roger Fieldhouse

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 Originally published in 1985 this book is a critique and comparison of the nature, structure and provision of university adult education in England and the USA. The focus is both contemporary (twentieth century) and historical.
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Educational Responses To Adult Unemployment

by Barbara Senior e John (Wabash College, Usa) Naylor

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 Originally published in 1987 this book provides a critical analysis of the role played by education in solving unemployment.
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Adult Education And The Challenges Of The 1990s

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 Originally published in 1987, this book focuses on the areas of labour and employment education, the environment and ecological education, peacemaking and peace education, intercultural relations and multicultural education, education in the developing world and the changing role of the university and technological innovation.
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Adult Education For A Change

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 Originally published in 1980 this book examines why adult education historically failed to attract working class students and whether experiences in Northern Ireland, the USA and Italy have any lessons to teach.
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Post-Education Society - Recognising Adults As Learners

by Norman Evans

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 Originally published in 1985, this book argues that to make sense any attempt to improve the situation must take account of what we now know about adult growth and development, accepting as an operational imperative that it is as problematic and turbulent as childhood.
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Distance Teaching For Higher And Adult Education

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 Originally published in 1981 this volume provides a detailed analysis of the factors - strategic, pedagogic, operational, organisational and financial -which should be taken into account in the planning and running of large-scale, centralised distance education systems at the higher education level.
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Adult Education And Community Action - Adult Education And Popular Social Movements

by Avila Kilmurray, Chris Clarke e Tom Lovett

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 Originally published in 1982, this book discusses the role of adult education in social and community action. In particular it presents a critical assessment of 'community education' and the theories of Illich, Freire and Gramsci.
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The Distance Teaching Universities

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 Originally published in 1982 this volume provides nine case studies of particular distance teaching universities in Canada, China, Cost Rica, Germany, Israel, Pakistan, Spain, Venezuela and the UK.
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Learning Networks In Adult Education - Non-Formal Education On A Housing Estate

by Geoff Poulton, Lawrence Randle e Paul Fordham

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 Originally published in 1979, this book reports on a 3 year action research programme which aimed in increase working-class participation in adult education. Providing different perspectives on the way in which a service relates to a particular area, the conclusions impact on practice and training in areas concerned with social intervention.
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New Perspectives On The Education Of Adults In The United States

by Huey B. Long

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 Originally published in 1987 this book addresses practical issues in the education of adults in the USA but also encompasses theoretical and abstract ideas. There are chapters on 20th century initiatives in American adult education as well as education of the elderly and adult literacy.
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Early Innovators In Adult Education

by Huey B. Long

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 Originally published in 1991 this book analyses the input of those who made important contributions to the education of adults in the USA between 1607 and 1920. Examining the historical roots of adult education the book explores commonalities among innovators such as Cotton Mather, Benjamin Franklin, Margaret Fuller Ossoli and Ida Tarbell.
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Adult Education - International Perspectives From China

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 Originally published in 1987 and now with an updated preface, this book distils and reflects upon major issues confronting adult educators worldwide.
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Training Educators Of Adults - The Theory And Practice Of Graduate Adult Education

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 Originally published in 1988, this book provides perspective on conceptualisations of adult education in the late 20th century, the range of providing agencies and the varying orientations towards defining the role of the adult educator.
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Education For Young Adults - International Perspectives

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 Originally published in 1991, this book gives international coverage of opportunities in youth development and education from a unique comparative angle.
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