Author: Peter Kell Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers ISBN: Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 340
Book Description
Adult Education @ 21st Century tackles tough questions concerning how to respond to and engage with transnational education markets and multicultural diversity in a global environment typified by disorienting changes and continuities. Researchers from different countries demonstrate various ways in which the teachers of adults mediate and mitigate the oppressive consequences of the contemporary transition to globalization and the resentment and alienation to which it gives rise. Based on analyses of their work, the contributors argue that teachers and policy makers involved in adult education are significant agents of innovation. From Germany and Norway, across Malaysia and Australia to Canada, the contributors to this book are engaging in transformative projects that are informed by globally oriented thinking and actions aimed at enhancing local viability.
Author: Eleanor Drago-Severson Publisher: Teachers College Press ISBN: 9780807744840 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 244
Book Description
This book offers a new and promising way to support adults in Adult Basic Education (ABE) and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) programs specifically, and learners in adult education, in general. Applying renowned Harvard University psychologist Robert Kegan's constructive-development theory, Drago-Severson depicts an in-depth investigation into how and why adults develop "ways of knowing" to better prepare them for their work in the 21st century. This book provides practical suggestions for applying Kegan's theory in adult education classrooms to enable teachers, curriculum developers, program designers, and policymakers to better respond to adult learners' strengths and learning needs.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness Publisher: ISBN: Category : Adult education Languages : en Pages : 108
Author: Leodis Scott Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1119075270 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 104
Book Description
Learning cities call for a connection of adult education to elementary, secondary, and postsecondary institutions along with vocational and corporate workspaces. This volume considers how “learning cities for adult learners” could be created in America that promote lifelong learning and education. Encouraging a widespread approach to educate and learn across disciplines, within communities, and inside the minds of all people, topics covered include: • workplace and organizational learning, • community engagement and service learning, • public libraries and cooperative extension, and • leisure, recreation, and public health education. This is the 145th volume of the Jossey Bass series New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. Noted for its depth of coverage, it explores issues of common interest to instructors, administrators, counselors, and policymakers in a broad range of education settings, such as colleges and universities, extension programs, businesses, libraries, and museums.
Author: Digumarti Bhaskara Rao Publisher: Discovery Publishing House ISBN: 9788171417971 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 372
Book Description
Contents: Adult Learning, Democracy and Peace, Cultural Citizenship in the 21st Century, Minorities and Adult Learning, Universities and the Future of Adult Learning, The Multiplicity of Research on Learning for All , A Key for the 21st Century, Global Community of Adult Learning through Information and Documentation, The Politics and Policies of the Education of Adults in a Globally Transforming Society, Literacy in the World and its Major Regions, Literacy and Learning Strategies, Literacy, Education and Social Development, Literacy, Research, Evaluation and Statistics, Literacy in Multilingual/ Intercultural Settings, Literacy and Technology, Literacy for Tomorrow, Women s Education, Raising Gender Issues in Formal and Non-formal Settings, Work-related Adult Learning in a Changing World, Adult Environmental Education, Health Promotion and Health Education for Adults, Adult Education and Population Issues in the Post-Cairo Context, New Information Technologies, Museums, Libraries and Cultural Heritage, Adult Learning and Ageing Populations, Adult Learning for Prisoners, Making Education Accessible and Available to all Persons with Disabilities, The Economics of Adult Learning, Enhancing International Cooperation and Solidarity, The Hamburg Declaration on Adult Learning, The Agenda for the Future, Final Report of the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education.
Author: Marcella Milana Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1317385764 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 270
Book Description
Global Networks, Local Actions: Rethinking adult education policy in the 21st century examines public policy developments in adult education, exploring the policy framing of adult education practice in a range of socio-cultural contexts, and contributing to the development of policy research from global and comparative perspectives. Drawing from multidisciplinary fields such as adult education, comparative and international education, and sociology, chapters analyse empirically grounded studies from the US, Italy, Argentina and Brazil. Each study helps to identify how political agents interact at international, regional, national and local scales, and what the implications are for publically-funded interventions in adult education. While this book recognises the complexity of adult education policy, it argues for the need to deconstruct the false belief that what is global in adult education may be intrinsically distinct from the characteristics of geographical or social territories in which adult education occurs. Instead, it points to localised norms and ideas on Adult Basic and Secondary Education as ultimately contained in, and constituting, what is at times perceived as global, or abstracted from definite geographical or social territories. This book calls for a global sociology of adult education in response to global challenges, and makes an important contribution to our understanding of developments in public adult education policy. As such, it will be of key interest to researchers, academics and postgraduate students in the fields of adult education, comparative and international education, education policy and politics, sociology of education, and global studies.
Author: Sondra Gayle Stein Publisher: ISBN: Category : Adult education Languages : en Pages : 172
Book Description
Provides 16 standards for what adults need to know and be able to do in the 21st century. Standard 1: Read with Understanding -- Standard 2: Convey ideas in Writing -- Standard 3: Speak so Others can understand -- Standard 4: Listen Actively -- Standard 5: Observe Critically -- Standard 6: Use Math to Solve Problems and Communicate -- Standard 7: Solve Problems and Make Decisions -- Standard 8: Plan -- Standard 9: Cooperate with Others -- Standard 10: Advocate and Influence -- Standard 11: Resolve Conflict and Negotiate -- Standard 12: Guide Others -- Standard 13: Take Responsibility for Learning -- Standard 14: Reflect and Evaluate -- Standard 15: Learn Through Research -- Standard 16: Use Information and Communications Technology.
Author: Management Association, Information Resources Publisher: IGI Global ISBN: 1799887340 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 1551
Book Description
Whether it is earning a GED, a particular skill, or technical topic for a career, taking classes of interest, or even returning to begin a degree program or completing it, adult learning encompasses those beyond the traditional university age seeking out education. This type of education could be considered non-traditional as it goes beyond the typical educational path and develops learners that are self-initiated and focused on personal development in the form of gaining some sort of education. Essentially, it is a voluntary choice of learning throughout life for personal and professional development. While there is often a large focus towards K-12 and higher education, it is important that research also focuses on the developing trends, technologies, and techniques for providing adult education along with understanding lifelong learners’ choices, developments, and needs. The Research Anthology on Adult Education and the Development of Lifelong Learners focuses specifically on adult education and the best practices, services, and educational environments and methods for both the teaching and learning of adults. This spans further into the understanding of what it means to be a lifelong learner and how to develop adults who want to voluntarily contribute to their own development by enhancing their education level or knowledge of certain topics. This book is essential for teachers and professors, course instructors, business professionals, school administrators, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students interested in the latest advancements in adult education and lifelong learning.
Author: Peter Kell
Author: Eleanor Drago-Severson
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness
Author: Leodis Scott
Author: Digumarti Bhaskara Rao
Author: 
Author: California. Adult Education Advisory Committee
Author: Marcella Milana
Author: Sondra Gayle Stein
Author: Management Association, Information Resources