Wilson, Arthur L. : Cornell University

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.

Hayes, Elisabeth R. : University of Wisconsin-Madison

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.

"This monumental work is a testimony to the science of adult education and the skills of Wilson and Hayes. It is a veritable feast for nourishing our understanding of the current field of adult education. The editors and their well-chosen colleagues consistently question how we know and upon what grounds we act. They invite us to consider not only how we can design effective adult education, but also why we practice in a particular socioeconomic context. My dear departed friends, Paulo Freire and Malcolm Knowles, would be delighted at the politics and science of this encyclopedic handbook."

--Jane Vella, author of Taking Learning to Task and Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach

"This new handbook captures the exciting intellectual and professional development of our field in the last decade. Its recognition of the central role of critical reflection, self-reflection, and reflective discourse in the construction of more dependable knowledge and in adult learning constitutes a major advance. Implications of this challenging paradigm are reshaping the practice of adult education in all of its fields of application. An indispensable resource for faculty, students, and professionals."

--Jack Mezirow, emeritus professor, Adult and Continuing Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

"A rich and diverse array of writers critically reflect on current theory and practice in the field of adult and continuing education. This engaging and refreshing handbook is a treasure chest for anyone wishing to know more about the profession and gain multiple new perspectives, including one on experiential learning. A must read for practitioners, professors, researchers, and newcomers alike. It will influence, shape, and guide how we will serve our constituencies in the next decade."

--John A. Henschke, associate professor, Adult Education, University of Missouri, St. Louis

This long-awaited update to the 1989 handbook provides educators and administrators in adult and continuing education with insights on practical, academic, and cutting-edge topics from the best minds in the field.

For nearly seventy years, the handbooks of adult and continuing education have been definitive references on the best practices, programs, and institutions in the field. Adult education scholars, program administrators, and teachers have depended on these rich handbooks to develop or refine their own understanding and approaches to everyday practice. In this new edition, over sixty leading authorities share their diverse perspectives in a single volume--exploring significant issues that affect the study and practice of adult and continuing education today.

Using a critically reflective approach, this edition differs from its predecessors by combining the results of formal investigation with the wisdom of practical experience. The authors present multiple insights and observations to help adult educators make informed choices in a profession that has become enormously challenging and complex. The chapters cover a wealth of topics, including:

- The role of critical reflection in professional practice
- Linking adult learning to context
- Learning from experience
- Adult learning for self-development
- Race and culture in adult learning
- Perspectives on teaching adults
- Planning and administering adult educational programs
- Technology and distance learning
- Adult literacy and English-as-a-second-language
- Adult education and human resource development
- Learning in the workplace
- Continuing professional education
- Adult education for community action and development
- Adult education in corrections, the military, cooperative extension, higher education, community colleges, religious settings, and other contexts
- Adult education for older adults, adults in urban contexts, formal mentoring programs, prior learning assessment for experienced adults, and other audiences
- Policies, politics, and philosophies in adult education
- Constructing knowledge for and about adult education
- The professionalization of adult education and its role in "learning societies"

It has been over ten years since the last Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education investigated the practical and academic dimensions of the field. Much more than a catalogue of theory and historical facts, this new edition strongly reflects the values of a field dedicated to promoting social and educational opportunity for learners and to sustaining fair and ethical practices. It is a long-awaited resource that brings fresh advice and strategies to thoughtful adult educators, administrators, and scholars.

Preface
The Editors
Contributors

PART I: 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 II: 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. ADULT EDUCATION FOR CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: HOW POSITIONALITY
SHAPES TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION, 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. ORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP REAPPRAISED: FROM FUNCTIONALISM TO POSTMODERNISM, 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 III: 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. HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT FOR HUMANS: MOVING BEYOND PERFORMANCE PARADIGMS IN WORKPLACE DEVELOPMENT, Laura L. Bierema
19. WORKER DEVELOPMENT: TOWARDS NEW FRAMES FOR INQUIRY AND
PRACTICE, 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. CHANGE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES: ADULT EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT'S RESPONSES, Lilian H. Hill and Allen B. Moore
23. TOWARD REFLECTIVE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRACTICE: EXPLORING
COMMUNITY, Iris M. Weisman and Margie S. Longacre
24. CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, Donna S. Queeney
25. ADULT EDUCATION, INCARCERATED LEARNERS, CONTROL STRATEGIES, AND
POSSIBILITIES IN THE CORRECTIONAL ENTERPRISE, 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. Sandman, and Peggy A. Sissel
30. CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE MILITARY TO ADULT AND CONTINUING DUCATION, 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. ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: A POSTMODERN APPROACH, Leona M. English and Marie A. Gillen
35. THE URBAN CONTEXT: EXAMINING AN ARENA FOR FOSTERING ADULT
EDUCATION PRACTICE, Barbara J. Daley, James C. Fisher, and Larry G. Martin

PART IV: REFLECTING ON THE PROFESSION

36. DEFINING A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICES: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
ADULT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY, Thomas W. Heaney
37. A SOCIOLOGY OF ADULT EDUCATION, Phyllis M. Cunningham
38. THE POLITICS OF KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO PRACTICE, David Deshler and Nancy Grudens-Schuck
39. PROFESSIONALIZATION AND PHILOSOPHY OF ADULT EDUCATION: PASTAS PROLOGUE?, 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. REFLECTING ON THE FIELD: WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED, E. R. Hayes and A. L. Wilson

Resource: Contents of Past Handbooks
Name Index
Subject Index