"How can one make sense of such a complex endeavour as the practice of adult eduction? The editors of this volume have adopted the notion of contexts. These contexts include: The historical contexts taht have helped to shape the current practice of adult educators, the philosophical contexts that underpin their activities, the socioeconomic contexts by which practitioners are informed, the community contexts in which they are located, and the practice contexts that their activities reveal. Within each theme, the editors have selected contributors that help to clarify the diversity and richness of Canadian adult education today. The contributors are all leading reasearchers and practitioners of adult eduction from coast to coast. The editors' overriding goal has been to provide a critically informed overview of the state of adult education." -- BOOK JACKET
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ISBN:9781550771602
ISBN:1550771604
Physical Description:print 366 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher:Toronto, ON :Thompson Educational,[2006]
Part 1 : Contexts in transition -- 1. Intimations of a just learning society: from the United Farmers of Alberta to Henson's Provincial Plan in Nova Scotia / Michael R. Welton -- 2. Histories of Aboriginal adult education in Canada / Wendy E. Burton and Gwen Point -- 3. Building Black identity and community / Jennifer Kelly -- 4. Women and adult education in Canadian society / Nancy Taber and Patricia A. Gouthro -- 5. Adult citizenship education: an overview of the field / Daniel Schugurensky -- 6. Cross-cultural teaching and research in adult education / Susan M. Brigham and Patricia A. Gouthro -- Part 2 : Philosophical and critical contexts -- 7. Challenging social philosophobia / Elizabeth A. Lange -- 8. Postfoundationalism in adult education / Leona M. English -- 9. The critical legacy: adult education against the claims of capital / Michael Collins -- 10. Critical adult education: engaging the social in theory and practice / André P. Grace -- 11. Frameworks for synthesis of the field of adult learning theory / Peter Sawchuk -- 12. A way of seeing: transformation for a new century / Sue M. Scott -- Part 3 : Contexts of work and economy -- 13. Human capital and the knowledge economy / Paul Bouchard -- 14. The political economy of adult learning in Canada / Kjell Rubenson and Judith Walker -- 15. Work, learning, and adult education in Canada / Tara J. Fenwick -- 16. Adult education in the changing context of immigration: new challenges in a new era / Shibao Guo -- 17. Labour education / Bruce Spencer and Jeffery Taylor -- 18. Adult education and health: will words get in the way? / Donna M. Chovanec and Karen M. Foss -- Part 4 : Contexts of community and social movements -- 19. Social movement learning: theorizing a Canadian tradition / Budd L. Hall -- 20. Popular education and Canadian engagements with social movement praxis in the South / Dip Kapoor -- 21. Environmental adult education in Canada / Darlene E. Clover -- 22. Towards celebration through education: queer Canadian adult education / John P. Egan and Anthony J. Flavell -- 23. Mothers as popular educators: love lives in socail action / Dorothy A. Lander -- 24. Adult education and the arts / Shauna Butterwick and Jane Dawson -- Part 5 : Contexts of practice -- 25. Training of adult educators in Quebec / Mohamed Hrimech and Nicole A. Tremblay -- 26. Not waving but drowning: Canadian university extension for social change revisited / Denis J. Haughey -- 27. Distance education online: a forum for adult education? / Dianne Conrad and Bruce Spencer -- 28. Coming to terms with prior learning assessment / Geoff Peruniak and Rick Powell -- 29. Towards a Canadian research culture in adult literacy learning / Maureice Taylor and Adrian Blunt -- 30. What does it mean to be a "professional"? The challenges of professionalization for adult literacy and basic education / B. Allan Quigley -- 31. Adult education without borders / Shahrzad Mojab.
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