In defense of the lifeworld : critical perspectives on adult learning / edited by Michael R. Welton.
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. The...
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
[1995]
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| Series: | Teacher empowerment and school reform.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Michael R. Welton
- Ch. 1. The Critical Turn in Adult Education Theory / Michael R. Welton
- Ch. 2. Transformation Theory of Adult Learning / Jack Mezirow
- Ch. 3. Critical Commentaries on the Role of the Adult Educator: From Self-Directed Learning to Postmodernist Sensibilities / Michael Collins
- Ch. 4. Motherwork: A Radical Proposal to Rethink Work and Education / Mechthild Hart
- Ch. 5. In Defense of the Lifeworld: A Habermasian Approach to Adult Learning / Michael R. Welton
- Ch. 6. Declining Opportunities: Adult Education, Culture, and Postmodernity / Donovan Plumb
- Conclusion: Dialogue, Encounters, and Debates.