The modern practice of adult education : a postmodern critique / Derek Briton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Briton, Derek, 1953-

Series:

Teacher empowerment and school reform.

SUNY series, teacher empowerment and school reform

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adult education--Philosophy.

Adult education.

Critical pedagogy.

Postmodernism and education.

Adult education--Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 156 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Briton challenges the dominant depoliticized vision of adult education, calling into question the modernist tenets and moral integrity of contemporary adult education practice. By examining his own struggle to escape the confines of modernist thought, the author delivers a succinct yet decisive critique of modern educational practice and challenges educators to reconceptualize their field of endeavor as a postmodern pedagogy of engagement.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Engaging the Question of Adult Education Ch. 2. The Fear of Falling into Error Ch. 3. Facing the Dilemma Ch. 4. Enlightenment and Modernity Ch. 5. Choosing a Research Paradigm Ch. 6. Toward a Postmodern Pedagogy of Engagement in Adult Education Postscript: Living through the Question of Adult Education

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-148) and index.

ISBN:

0-7914-9757-7