Comparative Adult Education 2008 : Experiences and Examples- A Publication of the International Society for Comparative Adult Education ISCAE

Michal Bron Jr.

ISBN 10: 3631582358 / ISBN 13: 9783631582350

Verlag: Peter Lang, 2008

Beschreibung

Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Adult and Continuing Education has become a field of action, reflection, and research all over the world. To learn from successful models developed worldwide, this book documents and discusses the progress of comparative adult education - aims, contents, methods, obstacles, and prospects. The first part examines basic questions of comparative adult education. The contributions offer a deeper understanding and include warnings of obstacles and pitfalls. They help to design research by building up on the theoretical framework developed in prior research. The second part presents experiences and 'lessons learned', suggesting advice and warnings for successful comparative work. The studies in the third part illustrate research methods as well as topics important to researchers in various regions of the world. Descriptions of international institutions in the last part may assist to use their assistance and services.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9783631582350

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Comparative Adult Education 2008 : Experiences and Examples- A Publication of the International Society for Comparative Adult Education ISCAE
• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 3631582358
• ISBN-13: 9783631582350
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 210B x 148 H x 16 T Millimeter Breite: 210 mm, Höhe: 148 mm, Tiefe: 16 mm
• Gewicht: 376 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

Adult and Continuing Education has become a field of action, reflection, and research all over the world. To learn from successful models developed worldwide, this book documents and discusses the progress of comparative adult education – aims, contents, methods, obstacles, and prospects. The first part examines basic questions of comparative adult education. The contributions offer a deeper understanding and include warnings of obstacles and pitfalls. They help to design research by building up on the theoretical framework developed in prior research. The second part presents experiences and "lessons learned", suggesting advice and warnings for successful comparative work. The studies in the third part illustrate research methods as well as topics important to researchers in various regions of the world. Descriptions of international institutions in the last part may assist to use their assistance and services.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

The Editors: Jost Reischmann is President of the International Society for Comparative Adult Education (ISCAE). He is Chair of Andragogy at Bamberg University (Germany).
Michal Bron jr is ISCAE’s Board Member directing ISCAE’s conferences and publications. He is associate professor and senior research librarian at the Södertörn University College, Uppsala (Sweden).