Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education

ARTHUR L. WILSON is associate professor of adult education in the Department of Education at Cornell University. He is coeditor of Adult Education Quarterly and coauthor of Planning Responsibly for Adult Education (1994), What Really Matters in Adult Education Program Planning (1996), and Power in Practice (2000), all from Jossey-Bass. ELISABETH R. HAYES is professor of curriculum and instruction and a faculty member in the Graduate Program in Continuing and Vocational Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is coeditor of Adult Education Quarterly and coauthor of Women as Learners (Jossey-Bass, 2000). Her other publications include Effective Teaching Styles (1989) and Confronting Racism and Sexism (1994), both from Jossey-Bass.

• Preface. The Editors.Contributors.PART ONE: INTRODUCTION.1 A Selective History of the Adult Education Handbooks (A. L. Wilson and E. R. Hayes).2 On Thought and Action in Adult and Continuing Education (A. L. Wilson and E. R. Hayes).3 The Concept of Critically Reflective Practice (Stephen D. Brookfield).PART TWO: THE PROFESSION'S COMMON CONCERNS.4 Linking the Individual Learner to the Context of Adult Learning (Rosemary Caffarella and Sharan B. Merriam).5 Learning from Experience in Adult Education (Nod Miller).6 Adult Learning for Self-Development and Change (Mark Tennant).7 Moving Beyond a Unitary Self: A Reflective Dialogue (M. Carolyn Clark and John M. Dirkx).8 Discourses and Cultures of Teaching (Daniel D. Pratt and Tom Nesbit).9 Different Perspectives on Teaching for Critical Consciousness (Elizabeth J. Tisdell, Mary Stone Hanley, and Edward W. Taylor).10 The Invisible Politics of Race in Adult Education (Juanita Johnson-Bailey and Ronald M. Cervero).11 Cultures of Transformation (Ann K. Brooks).12 Planning Educational Programs (Thomas J. Sork).13 From Functionalism to Postmodernism in Adult Education Leadership (Joe F. Donaldson and Paul Jay Edelson).14 Adult Education and Democracy: Reclaiming Our Voice through Social Policy (B. Allan Quigley).15 Adult Learning and Technology (Carol E. Kasworm and Carroll A. Londoner).PART THREE: THE PROFESSION IN PRACTICE.16 Adult Literacy (Eunice N. Askov).17 Adult Basic Education and the Crisis of Accountability (Barbara Sparks and Elizabeth A. Peterson).18 Moving Beyond Performance Paradigms in Human Resource Development (Laura L. Bierema).19 Putting Meaning into Workplace Learning (Tara J. Fenwick).20 Adult Education, Communication, and the Global Context (Linda Ziegahn).21 Adult Education for Community Action (D. Merrill Ewert and Kristen A. Grace).22 Adult Education in Rural Community Development (Lilian H. Hill and Allen B. Moore).23 Exploring "Community" in Community College Practice (Iris M. Weisman and Margie S. Longacre).24 Continuing Professional Education (Donna S. Queeney).25 Control and Democracy in Adult Correctional Education (Howard S. Davidson).26 Cooperative Extension (Glenn J. Applebee).27 Distance Education for Lifelong Learning (Chere Campbell Gibson).28 English as a Second Language in Adult Education (Richard A. Orem).29 Adult Learners in Higher Education (Carol E. Kasworm, Lorilee R. Sandmann, and Peggy A. Sissel).30 Contributions of the Military to Adult and Continuing Education (Steve F. Kime and Clinton L. Anderson).31 Older Adult Learning (James C. Fisher and Mary Alice Wolf).32 Formal Mentoring Programs (Catherine A. Hansman).33 Prior Learning Assessment: The Quiet Revolution (Alan M. Thomas).34 A Postmodern Approach to Adult Religious Education (Leona M. English and Marie A. Gillen).35 Urban Contexts for Adult Education Practice (Barbara J. Daley, James C. Fisher, and Larry G. Martin).PART FOUR: REFLECTING ON THE PROFESSION.36 Adult Education and Society (Thomas W. Heaney).37 A Sociology of Adult Education (Phyllis M. Cunningham).38 The Politics of Knowledge Construction (David Deshler and Nancy Grudens-Schuck).39 Evolving Directions in Professionalization and Philosophy (Ronald Podeschi).40 Defining the Profession: A Critical Appraisal (Susan Imel, Ralph G. Brockett, and Waynne Blue James).41 The Learning Society (John Holford and Peter Jarvis).42 Reflections on the Field (E. R. Hayes and A. L. Wilson).Resource: Contents of Past Handbooks.Handbook of Adult Education in the United States (1934).Handbook of Adult Education in the United States (1936).Adult Education in Action (1936).Handbook of Adult Education in the United States (1948).Handbook of Adult Education in the United States (1960).Handbook of Adult Education (1970).Adult Education Association Handbook Series in Adult Education.Building an Effective Adult Education Enterprise (1980).Changing Approaches to Studying Adult Education (1980).Developing, Administering, and Evaluating Adult Education (1980).Redefining the Discipline of Adult Education (1980).Serving Personal and Community Needs through Adult Education (1980).Comparing Adult Education Worldwide (1981).Examining Controversies in Adult Education (1981).Preparing Educators of Adults (1981).Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education (1989).Name Index.Subject Index.