Key Concepts in Adult Education and Training 2nd Edition (Routledge Key Guides) PDF
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Key Concepts in Adult Education and Training 2nd Edition This book is an accessible and jargon-free guide to the key concepts used in adult education and training. The author examines in detail forty-five of these concepts, ranging from core concepts such as educa- tion and development to more specialist concepts like social capital and social inclusion. This new edition has been fully revised and updated in view of the recent surge of interest in concepts such as life- long education and the learning society. All those involved in the field of adult education and training come into contact with specialist ideas or concepts on a daily basis. This book is designed for students and practitioners of adult education and training who wish to develop their understanding of these many associ- ated concepts. At the end of each chapter there is also an annotated list of useful books or articles for those who would like to investigate par- ticular concepts in more detail. Malcolm Tight is Professor of Education at the University of War- wick. He has published widely in the field of post-compulsory educa- tion and is the Editor of the journal Studies in Higher Education. This page intentionally left blank. Key Concepts in Adult Education and Training 2nd Edition Malcolm Tight RoutledgeFalmer Taylor & Francis Group LONDON AND NEW YORK First published 1996 by Routledge Second edition first published 2002 by RoutledgeFalmer 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by RoutledgeFalmer 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2004. RoutledgeFalmer is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group © 1996, 2002 Malcolm Tight All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalog record for this book has been requested ISBN 0-203-43408-0 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-74232-X (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 0-415-27579-2 (Print Edition) For Christina with all my love This page intentionally left blank. Contents L ist of Figures x I ntroduction 1 Concepts in adult education and training 1 A contested terrain 2 Questions of values 3 Organization of the book 4 What’s new about the second edition? 6 Core and qualifying concepts 7 Frameworks for analysis 9 How to use this book 1 0 A few final points 1 0 1 T he Core Concepts 1 2 Oppositional or related terms? 1 2 Adult 1 4 Education 1 6 Training 2 0 Learning 2 2 Teaching 2 7 Development 2 9 Vocational or liberal? 3 2 2 I nternational Concepts 3 7 The globalization of adult education and training 3 7 Lifelong education 3 9 Learning organization 4 2 Learning society 4 8 viii KEY CONCEPTS IN ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING 2ND EDITION Ideals and fashions 5 2 3 I nstitutional Concepts 5 4 The institutional framework 5 4 Further and higher 5 6 Adult and continuing 6 0 Community 6 5 Formal, non-formal and informal 6 9 Tensions, traditions and dichotomies 7 1 4 W ork-related Concepts 7 4 Education and the economy 7 4 Human capital 7 5 Human resource development 7 9 Career 8 2 Professional 8 5 Social capital 8 7 Linkages and interconnections 9 0 5 L earning Concepts 9 2 The organization and practice of adult learning 9 2 Distance, open and flexible 9 3 Experiential, problem-based, independent and self-directed 10 2 Andragogy, conscientization and communities of practice 10 8 Changing information and communication technologies 11 5 6 C urricular Concepts 11 8 Developing the curriculum 11 8 Knowledge and skill 11 9 Capability and enterprise 12 4 Competence 12 8 Quality 13 2 A political battleground 13 5 7 S tructural Concepts 13 7 Input, experience and output 13 7 Access and participation 13 8 Accreditation and modularization 14 2 Success and dropout 14 6 Social inclusion 14 9 Policy and research 15 1 8 C onceptual Understandings 15 4 Conceptual conclusions 15 4 CONTENTS ix Conceptual relations 15 5 Conceptual characteristics 15 8 Conceptual analyses 16 1 Conceptual pasts and futures 16 4 R eferences 16 7 I ndex 19 5
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