Adult education : a comparative study / by Robert Peers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peers, Robert, 1888-1972, author.

Series:

International Library of Sociology

International library of sociology. Sociology of education ; 2

International library of sociology

The International Library of Sociology : The Sociology of Education ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adult education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 1958.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; PREFACE; CONTENTS; PART I THE BACKGROUND OF ENGLISH ADULT EDUCATION; I. THE GROWTH OF ADULT EDUCATION IN ENGLAND BEFORE 1850; II. NEW VENTURES IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE CENTURY; III. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MODERN MOVEMENT; IV. THE MOVEMENT TAKES SHAPE; PART II THE PRESENT ORGANIZATION AND MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF ADULT EDUCATION IN BRITAIN TODAY; V. THE PRESENT PATTERN; VI. ADULT EDUCATION FOR MEMBERS OF H.M. FORCES; VII. WORKERS' EDUCATION; PART III THE ADULT STUDENT AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF ADULT LEARNING; VIII. THE ADULT STUDENT; IX. ADULT LEARNING

PART IV TEACHERS AND METHODSX. THE TUTOR IN ADULT EDUCATION; XI. THE METHODS OF ADULT EDUCATION; PART V ADULT EDUCATION IN OTHER COUNTRIES; XII. INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF ADULT EDUCATION; XIII. AMERICAN ADULT EDUCATION: OPPORTUNITY, SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT OR ENLIGHTENMENT?; XIV. ADULT EDUCATION IN GERMANY; XV. ADULT EDUCATION IN UNDER-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; PART VI THE FUTURE; XVI. THE FUTURE OF ADULT EDUCATION; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; INDEX

Notes:

"Transferred to Digiral Printing 2007"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 18, 2016).

ISBN:

1-136-26891-X

0-415-86395-3

1-315-00794-0

1-136-26884-7

9781315007946

OCLC:

900480353