CONTENTS
Preface = xv
The Editors = xxi
Contributors = xxiii
PART ONE : INTRODUCTION = 1
1 A Selective History of the Adult Education Handbooks / A. L. Wilson ; E. R. Hayes = 3
2 On Thought and Action in Adult and Continuing Education / A. L. Wilson ; E. R. Hayes = 15
3 The Concept of Critically Reflective Practice / Stephen D. Brookfield = 33
PART TWO : THE PROFESSION'S COMMON CONCERNS = 51
4 Linking the Individual Learner to the Context of Adult Learning / Rosemary Caffarella ; Sharan B. Merriam = 55
5 Learning from Experience in Adult Education / Nod Miller = 71
6 Adult Learning for Self-Development and Change / Mark Tennant = 87
7 Moving Beyond a Unitary Self : A Reflective Dialogue / M. Carolyn Clark ; John M. Dirkx = 101
8 Discourses and Cultures of Teaching / Daniel D. Pratt ; Tom Nesbit = 117
9 Different Perspectives on Teaching for Critical Consciousness / Elizabeth J. Tisdell ; Mary Stone Hanley ; Edward W. Taylor = 132
10 The Invisible Politics of Race in Adult Education / Juanita Johnson-Bailey ; Ronald M. Cervero = 147
11 Cultures of Transformation / Ann K. Brooks = 161
12 Planning Educational Programs / Thomas J. Sork = 171
13 From Functionalism to Postmodernism in Adult Education Leadership / Joe F. Donaldson ; Paul Jay Edelson = 191
14 Adult Education and Democracy : Reclaiming Our Voice through Social Policy / B. Allan Quigley = 208
15 Adult Learning and Technology / Carol E. Kasworm ; Carroll A. Londoner = 224
PART THREE : THE PROFESSION IN PRACTICE = 243
16 Adult Literacy / Eunice N. Askov = 247
17 Adult Basic Education and the Crisis of Accountability / Barbara Sparks ; Elizabeth A. Peterson = 263
18 Moving Beyond Performance Paradigms in Human Resource Development / Laura L. Bierema = 278
19 Putting Meaning into Workplace Learning / Tara J. Fenwick = 294
20 Adult Education, Communication, and the Global Context / Linda Ziegahn = 312
21 Adult Education for Community Action / D. Merrill Ewert ; Kristen A. Grace = 327
22 Adult Education in Rural Community Development / Lilian H. Hill ; Allen B. Moore = 344
23 Exploring"Community" in Community College Practice / Iris M. Weisman ; Margie S. Longacre = 360
24 Continuing Professional Education / Donna S. Queeney = 375
25 Control and Democracy in Adult Correctional Education / Howard S. Davidson = 392
26 Cooperative Extension / Glenn J. Applebee = 408
27 Distance Education for Lifelong Learning / Chere Campbell Gibson = 423
28 English as a Second Language in Adult Education / Richard A. Orem = 438
29 Adult Learners in Higher Education / Carol E. Kasworm ; Lorilee R. Sandmann ; Peggy A. Sissel = 449
30 Contributions of the Military to Adult and Continuing Education / Steve F. Kime ; Clinton L. Anderson = 464
31 Older Adult Learning / James C. Fisher ; Mary Alice Wolf = 480
32 Formal Mentoring Programs / Catherine A. Hansman = 493
33 Prior Learning Assessment : The Quiet Revolution / Alan M. Thomas = 508
34 A Postmodern Approach to Adult Religious Education / Leona M. English ; Marie A. Gillen = 523
35 Urban Contexts for Adult Education Practice / Barbara J. Daley ; James C. Fisher ; Larry G. Martin = 539
PART FOUR : REFLECTING ON THE PROFESSION = 557
36 Adult Education and Society / Thomas W. Heaney = 559
37 A Sociology of Adult Education / Phyllis M. Cunningham = 573
38 The Politics of Knowledge Construction / David Deshler ; Nancy Grudens-Schuck = 592
39 Evolving Directions in Professionalization and Philosophy / Ronald Podeschi = 612
40 Defining the Profession : A Critical Appraisal / Susan Imel ; Ralph G. Brockett ; Waynne Blue James = 628
41 The Learning Society / John Holford ; Peter Jarvis = 643
42 Reflections on the Field / E. R. Hayes ; A. L. Wilson = 660
Resource : Contents of Past Handbooks = 677
Handbook of Adult Education in the United States(1934) = 677
Handbook of Adult Education in the United States(1936) = 678
Adult Education in Action(1936) = 680
Handbook of Adult Education in the United States(1948) = 686
Handbook of Adult Education in the United States(1960) = 689
Handbook of Adult Education(1970) = 691
Adult Education Association Handbook Series in Adult Education = 693
Building an Effective Adult Education Enterprise(1980) = 693
Changing Approaches to Studying Adult Education(1980) = 694
Developing, Administering, and Evaluating Adult Education(1980) = 695
Redefining the Discipline of Adult Education(1980) = 696
Serving Personal and Community Needs through Adult Education(1980) = 697
Comparing Adult Education Worldwide(1981) = 699
Examining Controversies in Adult Education(1981) = 700
Preparing Educators of Adults(1981) = 702
Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education(1989) = 703
Name Index = 709
Subject Index = 723
