The Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education by
Co-published with Colleges and universities are increasingly becoming significant sites for adult education scholarship--in large part due to demographic shifts. With fewer U.S. high school graduates on the horizon, higher education institutions will need to attract "non-traditional" (i.e., older) adult learners to remain viable, both financially and politically. There is a need to develop a better corpus of scholarship on topics as diverse as, what learning theories are useful for understanding adult learning? How are higher education institutions changing in response to the surge of adult students? What academic programs are providing better learning and employment outcomes for adults in college? Adult education scholars can offer much to the policy debates taking place in higher education. A main premise of this handbook is that adult and continuing education should not simply respond to rapidly changing social, economic, technological, and political environments across the globe, but should lead the way in preparing adults to become informed, globally-connected, critical citizens who are knowledgeable, skilled, and open and adaptive to change and uncertainty. The Handbook of Adult and ContinuingEducation provides rich information on the contemporary issues and trends that are of concern to adult and continuing education, of the programs and resources available to adult learners, and of opportunities to challenge and critique the structures embedded in the field that perpetuate inequity and social injustice. Adult education is a discipline that foresees a better tomorrow, and The Handbookis designed to engage and inspire readers to assist the field to seek new paths in uncertain and complex times, ask questions, and to help the field flourish. The Handbookis divided into five sections. The first,Foundationssituates the field by describing the developments, core debates, perspectives, and key principles that form the basis of the field. The second, Understanding Adult Learning, includes chapters on adult learning, adult development, motivation, access, participation, and support of adult learners, and mentoring. Teaching Practices and Administrative Leadership, the third section, offers chapters on organization and administration, program planning, assessment and evaluation, teaching perspectives, andragogy and pedagogy, public pedagogy, and digital technologies for teaching and learning. The fourth section is Formal and Informal Learning Contexts. Chapters cover adult basic, GED, and literacy education, English-as-a-Second Language Programs, family literacy, prison education, workforce development, military education, international development education, health professions education, continuing professional education, higher education, human resource development and workplace learning, union and labor education, religious and spiritual education, cultural institutions, environmental education, social and political movements, and peace and conflict education. The concluding Contemporary Issuessection discusses decolonizing adult and continuing education, adult education and welfare, teaching social activism, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and straight allies, gender and its multiple forms, disability, older adults and intergenerational identities, race and ethnicity, working class, whiteness and privilege, and migrants and migrant education. The editors culminate with consideration of next steps for adult and continuing education and priorities for the future.
Education for Employability. Vol 2, Learning for Future Possibilities by
The way people act and work – and are enhanced or replaced by technology – in
employment and practice settings in the future, will inevitably evolve incrementally
or radically. This series considers probable, possible and preferable practice futures
and employability, along with accompanying educational influences and support.
Wisdom is a key dimension of our discussions of practice and education. The books
in this series examine directions that are currently underway, future visioned and at
the edge of imagination in transforming practices. The authors reflect on how these
transformations are being or could be influenced by many factors including changes
in society, nations and global connections, in the physical environment, workplaces
(physical and virtual) and in the socio-economic-political contexts of the world and
its nations. The authors in this series bring a rich range of practical and academic
knowledge and experience to examine these issues. Through the conversations in
these books readers can enter into these debates from multiple perspectives – work,
organisations, education, professional practice, employability, society, globalisation,
humanity, spirituality and the environment.
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