ABSTRACT
This book provides a comprehensive sociological overview of adult and continuing education. It draws on all branches of sociology rather than advocating one approach. It examines the theories of all the significant sociological writers in the field such as Knowles, Marx, Freire and Gramsci and sets them in the broader intellectual context. It also considers the content of the curriculum in adult education and the place of adult education in society at large. The author indicates the strengths and weaknesses of the different sociological perspectives and demonstrates how they can be used to analyse the function and purpose of adult and continuing education.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |41 pages
Sociological Perspectives
chapter |15 pages
Sociological Introduction
chapter |14 pages
Education and Social Change
chapter |11 pages
Interpreting Adult and Continuing Education
part |88 pages
A Sociology of a Teaching and Learning Curriculum
chapter |11 pages
The Two Educations
chapter |16 pages
Aims, Objectives and Meeting Needs and Demands in Adult Education
chapter |20 pages
The Content of the Curriculum
chapter |23 pages
Teaching Methods and Learning
chapter |14 pages
Examinations and Assessment
part |48 pages
Adult and Continuing Education in the Context of Society
chapter |18 pages
The Functions of Adult and Continuing Education
chapter |14 pages
Alternative Approaches to the Education of Adults
chapter |14 pages
Adult and Continuing Education and Social Policy
part |64 pages
Adult and Continuing Education in the Organizational Context