Overview
- Explores historical and contemporary discourses and trends in adult and community education policy in the industrialized world
- Draws on the perspectives of those engaged in adult education professional practice
- Discusses how adult and community education as a field of practice is being reshaped by the changing policy landscape
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Historical and Political Contexts for Adult Education
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Adult Educators’ Working Lives Researched
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Book Title: Adult Education in Neoliberal Times
Book Subtitle: Policies, Philosophies and Professionalism
Authors: Marion Bowl
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50883-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50882-5Published: 29 March 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84512-8Published: 21 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50883-2Published: 20 March 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 200
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Lifelong Learning/Adult Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Educational Philosophy, Professional & Vocational Education, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education