Product Description
Global Issues and Adult Educationbrings together seven years of cutting-edge research and analysis from the Cyril O. Houle Scholars in Adult and Continuing Education. These emerging leaders in the field investigate the importance of adult education in responding to the challenges of global issues. The book is divided into five sections, each of which examines one overarching topic—globalization and the market economy, marginalized populations, environment and heal… More >>
#1 by Mark Collins on March 23, 2010 - 11:24 pm
Book looks so new I got ink stains on my hands!!!! Just kidding. This was really a quick easy and needed transaction. I would buy from them again in a heartbeat!!
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Donald S. Potoczny on March 24, 2010 - 1:31 am
This is a terrific textbook compiled by leaders in the field. They have expertly organized a collection of essays on how people are using education all over the world to overcome poverty and improve the human condition. I read for pleasure at home and it raised my consciousness in regions I had been unaware. This would be an ideal text for a class or seminar.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Midwest Book Review on March 24, 2010 - 1:54 am
Expertly compiled and co-edited by the team of Sharan B. Merriam (Professor of Adult Education at the University of Georgia), Bradley C. Courtenay (Professor of Adult Education at the University of Georgia), and Ronald M. Cervero (Professor and head of the department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy at the University of Georgia), Global Issues And Adult Education: Perspectives From Latin America, Southern Africa, And The United States is a 520-page compendium of well informed and knowledgeably written interpretations and investigations of modernization and the importance of adult education with the challenges faced daily with the innovations and technology, as well as world issues at hand. Introducing readers to the concept of global productivity and progression as result of proper adult education, Global Issues And Adult Education informatively guides its readers through the seven-year study and the works of nearly forty academic experts on the topic of worldly supportive and positive aspect of proper adult education. Global Issues And Adult Education is very highly recommended reading, especially for students of adult education for its invaluable and scholarly presentations of educating today’s adults.
Rating: 5 / 5