Adopting a social action perspective, this book is an assessment of where adult education now stands in the world. It argues that the purposes and rationale of adult education need to be reconceptualised for it to become an effective agent of change.

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Finger, Matthias, Asun, Jose Manuel

Matthias Finger; José Manuel Asún

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

London, England, 2000

April 7, 2001

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-202) and index.

This is a pithy assessment of where adult education now stands - the traditions out of which it came, its current problems, and possible futures. The authors are particularly concerned with how its longstanding commitment to deliver social change ran into difficulties in the less favourable circumstances of the 1980s and 1990s. They argue that its purposes now need to be reconceptualized in order for it to become, once again, a relevant and effective agent of change.
The authors remind adult educationists of their traditional commitment to social action by surveying the ideas of seminal adult education thinkers as they developed historically in Europe, North America and later the Third World. They show how today's very different context has eroded that original vision and purpose.
The book concludes by identifying four possible future scenarios; the challenges confronting an adult education still committed to social change; and the key features which they believe can contribute to 'learning our way out of' the current impasse.

This assessment of the state of adult education - its traditions, current problems, and possible futures - is written from a social action perspective. It argues that adult education needs to be reconceptualized to become, once again, a relevant and effective agent of change.

Adopting a social action perspective, this book is an assessment of where adult education now stands in the world. It argues that the purposes and rationale of adult education need to be reconceptualized for it to become an effective agent of change

Ivan Illich will accompany us throughout this book.

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