Contents; About the Editors; List of Figures; List of Tables |
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1. Introduction to the Handbook; Handbook Overview; How to Use This Handbook; References; Thinking and Rethinking the Field; Introduction |
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2. Contemporary Adult and Lifelong Education and Learning: An Epistemological Analysis; Abstract; Introduction; The Epistemological Framework; Disciplinary Epistemology; Constructivist Epistemology; Emancipatory Epistemology; Instrumental Epistemology; The Epistemologies in Context |
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Critique of Instrumentalism in Adult and Lifelong Education and Learning; A New Epistemology?; References |
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3. Exercising Clarity with Transformative Learning Theory; Abstract; Background; The Evolution from a Theory to a Metatheory; Transformative Learning as a Metatheory: Definition and Criteria; The Development of a Conceptual Tool; Worldview; Self; Epistemology; Ontology; Behaviour; Capacity; The Typology as a Conceptual Tool; Using the Typology: An Example; Conclusion; References |
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4. Critical Adult Education Theory: Traditions and Influence; Abstract; Introduction; Marxism and Critical Theory; Critical Pedagogy; Critique as Critical Adult Education Theory; Conclusion; References |
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5. From Radical Adult Education to Social Movement Learning; Abstract; Social Movements Today; The Politics of the Old and New in Social Movement Theory and Practice; The Limits of the Old and the New in Social Movement Theory and Practice; Moving Forward from the Old and the New in Social Movement Theory and Research |
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Key Challenges for Social Movement Learning Research; References |
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6. Adult Learning and Communicative Rationality; Abstract; Introduction; Learning and Education; Learning and Life; Learning and Communicative Action; The Critical Potential of Experience; Conclusion; References |
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7. Adult Education and the 'Learning' Turn; Abstract; Introduction; From Adult Education Towards a Lifelong Learning Order; Understanding Educational Change; Analytic Borderlands; Researching Contexts; Spaces of Governing |
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Remaking TAFE as VET; 'Lifelong Learning': Transdiscursive Entanglements; Travelling Ideas; 'Adult Education': Multicultural Entanglements; Remaking Educational Knowledge; Remaking Educational Governance; 'Lifelong Education': Diachronic Entanglements; Disturbing Work; Re-imagining Knowledge-Based Regulation; Towards Sustainable Lifelong Education; References |
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8. Limit Situations. Adult Education and Critical Awareness Raising; Abstract; Introduction; Reading the Wor(l)d; Paradoxes of Emancipation; The Rise of Neo-Liberal and Neo-Managerialist Discourses; Interrupting the Senses; Education for Critical Awareness Reconsidered; In Conclusion: The Future of Commitment in Adult Education; References |
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9. Revisiting Paulo Freire: Adult Education for Emancipation |
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10. Learning and Experience: A Psycho-Societal Approach |
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11. Complexity, Adult Biographies and Co-operative Transformation |
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Conceptual Sites. 12. Economics and the Political Economy of Adult Education |
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13. The Critical Turn in Human Resources Development |
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14. Learning and Identity Development at Work |
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15. Lifelong Learning as an Emancipation Process: A Capability Approach |
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16. Knowledge Production as Organisational Learning: The Case of Danish Universities |
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Part II. Scale and Movement. Introduction |
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Global. 17. Assembling Literacy as Global: The Danger of a Single Story |
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18. Conceptualizing Participation in Adult Learning and Education: Equity Issues |
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19. Participation in Adult Literacy Programmes and Social Injustices |
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20. Lifelong Learning Policy Discourses of International Organisations Since 2000: A Kaleidoscope or Merely Fragments? |
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21. Transformative Sustainability Education: From Sustainababble to a Civilization Leap |
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22. Research Patterns in Comparative and Global Policy Studies on Adult Education |
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Regional. 23. Latin America: Adult and Popular Education in Dialogue |
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24. Europe: Comparing Lifelong Learning Systems |
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25. The Mediterranean: Adult Education Landmarks |
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26. The Southern African Development Community: Challenges and Prospects in Lifelong Learning |
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National. 27. Argentina: The Debate Between Lifelong and Popular Education in Adult Education |
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28. Ghana: The Life and Death of Adult Education and Implications for Current Policy |
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29. Palestine: Philosophical and Methodological Dilemmas for Adult Education |
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30. China: Adult Education and Learning from Mao to Now |
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31. Singapore: Trends and Directions in Lifelong Learning |
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32. Timor-Leste: Adult Literacy, Popular Education and Post-conflict Peacebuilding |
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Transience. 33. Transnational Migration, Everyday Pedagogies and Cultural Destabilization |
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34. Researching Transnational Migration and Lifelong Learning |
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35. Reconfiguring the Learning Space: Skilled Immigrants in Canada |
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36. Non-permanent Workers and Their Learning in a Developmental State |
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37. The Global Spread of the Nordic Folk High School Idea |
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Part III. Contexts, People and Practices. Introduction |
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Organisations. 38. Adult Education Learned Societies: Professionalism and Publications |
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39. Adult Education Research: Publication Strategies and Collegial Recognition |
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40. Popular Universities: Their Hidden Functions and Contributions |
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41. The Ideals and Practices of Citizenship in Nordic Study Circles |
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42. South African University Engagement: Lifelong Learning and 'Socially Robust' Knowledge |
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Learners. 43. Learning in Later Adulthood: A Critical Perspective |
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44. Lifelong Learning for Older Adults: Culture and Confucianism |
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45. Disabilities and Adult and Lifelong Education |
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46. Queering Transformative Learning: The Unfolding of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Ally Lives |
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47. Technologies, Objects and Artifacts. Technologies for Adult and Lifelong Education |
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48. The Mainstreaming Of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) |
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49. Lifelong Learning for Africa's Older Adults: The Role Of Open Educational Resources and Indigenous Learning |
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50. Popular Culture, Adult Learning, and Identity Development |
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51. Popular Fictions as Critical Adult Education |
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52. Creativity, the Arts, and Transformative Learning |
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Contents; About the Editors; List of Figures; List of Tables |
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1. Introduction to the Handbook; Handbook Overview; How to Use This Handbook; References; Thinking and Rethinking the Field; Introduction |
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2. Contemporary Adult and Lifelong Education and Learning: An Epistemological Analysis; Abstract; Introduction; The Epistemological Framework; Disciplinary Epistemology; Constructivist Epistemology; Emancipatory Epistemology; Instrumental Epistemology; The Epistemologies in Context |
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Critique of Instrumentalism in Adult and Lifelong Education and Learning; A New Epistemology?; References |
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3. Exercising Clarity with Transformative Learning Theory; Abstract; Background; The Evolution from a Theory to a Metatheory; Transformative Learning as a Metatheory: Definition and Criteria; The Development of a Conceptual Tool; Worldview; Self; Epistemology; Ontology; Behaviour; Capacity; The Typology as a Conceptual Tool; Using the Typology: An Example; Conclusion; References |
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4. Critical Adult Education Theory: Traditions and Influence; Abstract; Introduction; Marxism and Critical Theory; Critical Pedagogy; Critique as Critical Adult Education Theory; Conclusion; References |
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