In Defense of Lifeworld: Critical Perspectives on Adult Learning (Suny Series, Empowerment and School Reform) - Brossura

 
9780791425404: In Defense of Lifeworld: Critical Perspectives on Adult Learning (Suny Series, Empowerment and School Reform)
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ISBN 10: 0791425401 ISBN 13: 9780791425404
Casa editrice: State University of New York Press, 1995

Sinossi

In Defense of the Lifeworld brings together five important critical commentaries on the state of the discipline and practice of adult education in North America. Jack Mezirow, Michael Collins, Mechthild Hart, Michael Welton and Donovan Plumb draw on critical theory, feminism and postmodernism. They examine the historical emergence of critical learning theory, the psycho-cultural dimensions of transformative learning theory, the vocation of the adult educator in our immoral times, the need to radically rethink the meaning of work and learning, the contribution of Habermas to the development of a new social learning paradigm and the provocative challenge from postmodernist discourses to the critical adult education project. This innovative text contends that the human lifeworld (where we learn what life means, what binds us together and what constitutes an autonomous personality) is deeply threatened in our late twentieth century world. Consequently, the task of the critical adult educator is to preserve and extend forms of communicative action through reflection, dialogue and critique.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Michael R. Welton is Professor of Education at Dalhousie University. He has also written Knowledge for the People: The Struggle for Adult Learning in English Speaking Canada, 1828-1973; Toward Development Work: The Workplace as a Learning Environment; and Educating for a Brighter New Day: Women's Organizations as Learning Sites.

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Editore
State University of New York Press
Data di pubblicazione
1995
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0791425401
ISBN 13 
9780791425404
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
268
Redattore
Welton Michael R.
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
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9780791425398: In Defense of the Lifeworld: Critical Perspectives on Adult Learning

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ISBN 10:  0791425398 ISBN 13:  9780791425398
Casa editrice: State Univ of New York Pr, 1995
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