ABSTRACT
Originally published in 1988 this book examines the work of the first generation adult education theorists and the traditions that their work helped establish. They debated the issues, aims and content of adult education programmes and began to explore the often difficult relationship between social expectations and the potential of education. As well as providing an authoritative history during a period of rapid social change in America, the book confirms that many of the preoccupations of the early thinkers have continued relevance today.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|2 pages
Adult Education as Diffusion of Knowledge
chapter Chapter One|19 pages
The New School for Social Research, James Harvey Robinson, and the Humanizing of Knowledge
part II|2 pages
Adult Education as Liberal Education
chapter Chapter Five|18 pages
Robert Hutchins, Mortimer Adler and Tiberal Education Beyond Schooling’ Through the Great Books
chapter Chapter Six|18 pages
Alexander Meiklejohn and John Walker Powell on Liberal Education and the Study of Contemporary Society
part III|2 pages
Adult Education as Social Education