Adult education @ 21st century
By: edited by Peter Kell, Sue Shore & Michael Singh.
Contributors: Kell, Peter, 1953-; Shore, Sue.; Singh, Michael, 1953-
Series: Counterpoints -- v. 219.; Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) -- v. 219.
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Adult education.; International education.; Globalization.
Other titles: Adult education at twenty-first century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: From the "wall of shame" to September 11 : whither adult education? / Shahrzad Mojab; Global/local education for adults : why is it a must for the 21st century? / Barbara Toepfer; Global restructuring : new challenges to the political economy of knowledge / Liv Mjelde; Questioning developmental globalism : threats to language and ecological sustainability / Peter Kell; Multicultural meaning makers : Malaysian ways with words and with the world / Koo Yew Lie; Adult educators' talk : responding to the challenges of linguistic normativity / Shanta Nair-Venugopal; Reflexive theory building "after" colonialism : challenges for adult education / Sue Shore; Performing identities : a new focus on embodied adult learning / Gayle Morris and David Beckett; Adult and vocational educators : their changing work and professional development / Roger Harris and Michelle Simons; The work of adult literacy teachers / Bobby Haraveld; Educating adult researchers : mediating neo-conservative globalism and mediating eco-cultural sustainability / Michael Singh and Lynne Nengying Li; Technological literacy for adults : insights from Malaysia / Ambigapathy Pandian and Shanthi Balraj Baboo; On-line supplementation of adult education : a change in pedagogy and a pedagogy of change / Andrew Scown; Learning reflexively : technology mediation of indigenous indigenous cultures / Leanne Reinke and Paul James; People's power against the empire : re-framing work-related teaching/learning / Mike Brown; Learning in complexity : work and knowledge in enterprise culture / Tara Fenwick; Pedagogies of global/local hope : disobedience in the face of globalism / Michael Singh and Sue Shore.