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Critical theory is one of the most influential theoretical frameworks influencing scholarship within the field of adult and community education. This chapter outlines what constitute the chief elements of critical theory...
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Stephen Brookfield has written and edited 10 books on adult learning, teaching, and critical thinking. He is a recipient of a number of awards, including the World Award for Literature in Adult Education (in 1986, 1989, ...
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Suggests that unproblematized Eurocentrism characterizes adult education; explores the works of Cornel West and Lucius Outlaw, who racialize adult education discourse. Considers implications of their perspectives on crit...
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Although Herbert Marcuse did not write as an adult educator, his analysis of subjectivity, criticality, and inclusivity has implications for adult education. He demonstrated how apparently humanistic tolerance for divers...
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Interprets the process of consulting as an adult education process. Identifies four core adult education activities: encouraging self-directedness; honoring and analyzing experience; engaging in critical conversation; fo...
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Focuses on the curriculum, methods, and intellectual orientations of postgraduate training for adult educators found within British and American universities. It argues that we should regard the methods, curricula, modes...
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Six principles of critical practice in adult education are derived from the conceptualization of adult education advanced in this article. They concern voluntary participation, respect for self worth, adult education as ...
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Community adult education theory and practice differ markedly in the United States and the United Kingdom because of differing educational and political assumptions. The U.S. "liberal model" assumes that community educat...
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Eduard Lindeman's book, "The Meaning of Adult Education," and its continued importance in higher education is discussed. Lindeman's thoughts on adult education and its social function and aesthetic relevance are explored...
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The author discusses the concepts of community most appropriate to adult education, integrating various theoretical perspectives. He presents a conceptual typology of three dimensions of community practice: adult educati...