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Title Boundaries of adult learning / edited by Richard Edwards, Ann Hanson and Peter Raggatt
Published London : Routledge in association with the Open University, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (x, 303 pages) : illustrations
Series Adult learners, education and training ; 1
Adult learners, education, and training ; 1.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: beyond the bounds; 1. From technical rationality to reflection-in-action; The Dominant Epistemology of Practice; The Origins of Technical Rationality; Emerging Awareness of the Limits of Technical Rationality; Reflection-In-Action; Notes; References; 2. Promoting reflection in learning: a model; Introduction; The Learner; The Learner's Intent; Promoting Reflection; Stage 1 Returning to experience; Stage 2 Attending to feelings; Stage 3 Re-evaluating experience; Association
IntegrationValidation; Appropriation; Outcomes and action; Assisting in The Process of Reflection; Conclusions; References; 3. Breaking the code: engaging practitioners in critical analysis of adult educational literature; Understanding Resistance to Critical Analysis; Methodological Questions; To what extent are the central insights of a piece of literature (whether these are framed as research findings, theoretical propositions or philosophical instructions) grounded in documented empirical evidence?; To what extent does the writing examined seem culturally skewed?
To what extent are descriptive and prescriptive fused in an irresponsible and inaccurate way?Experiential Questions; What connections and discrepancies do you note between the descriptions of adult learning processes and adult educational practices contained in a piece of academic writing and your own experiences as an adult learner and adult educator?; What experiential omissions are there in a piece of literature that, to the student, seem important?; To what extent does a piece of literature acknowledge and address ethical issues?; Communicative Questions
Whose voices are heard in a piece of academic writing?To what extent does the literature examined use a form of specialized language that is unjustifiably distanced from the colloquial language of adult learners and adult educators?; To what extent does the piece of writing examined show a connectedness to practice?; Political Questions; Whose interests are served by the publication of a text?; To what extent are models and ideal types of adult educational practice reified, presented as beyond human agency?
What naturally assumed forms of curricular and programmatic provision are presented that stifle collectivism?How do texts prescribe adult educational roles which retain the professional distance between the field and learners?; Do evaluative criteria and forms proposed to judge the merit of adult education programmes and adults' learning support the status quo and leave laissez fair capitalism as an educational and cultural as well as economic mode unchallenged?; What contribution does a piece of writing make to the realization of democratic forms and processes?
Summary This book reviews and assesses the changes which are taking place in adult learning. It explores the disputes surrounding the topic and discusses how boundaries have been challenged
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Adult education.
EDUCATION -- Adult & Continuing Education.
EDUCATION -- Non-Formal Education.
Adult education
Aufsatzsammlung
Erwachsenenbildung
Sozialer Wandel
Volwasseneneducatie.
Form Electronic book
Author Edwards, Richard, 1956 July 2-
Hanson, Ann, 1945-
Raggatt, Peter
Open University.
ISBN 9781136176081
113617608X