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THE PALGRAVE INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK ON ADULT AND LIFELONG EDUCATION AND LEARNING Edited by Marcella Milana, Sue Webb, John Holford, Richard Waller, and Peter Jarvis The Palgrave International Handbook on Adult and Lifelong Education and Learning “This is a timely book that helps situate our field in a world committed to 2015 Sustainable Development Goals. I commend the editors for providing a truly interna- tional collection of perspectives on adult education and learning. To their credit‚ they havegivenusadelightfulmixofnewandmoreseniorvoicesinthefield‚frommultiple nations‚resultinginarichandtexturedexaminationofkeyissuesbeforeus.Thisisvery welcomeedition.” —LeonaM.English‚ProfessorofAdultEducation‚St.Francis XavierUniversity‚Antigonish‚NovaScotia‚Canada “The International Handbook on Adult and Lifelong Education and Learning is an unmissablereferenceforstudentsandresearchersinterestedinrethinkingthefield.The result of an ambitious collective endeavour‚ its innovative structure offers a variety oftheoreticalandconceptualapproaches,newresearchinsights‚policydebatesandthe study of tensions at a range of analytical scales and geographies. It is a valuable scholarlypieceofliteratureinthebesttraditionofadulteducationinternationalismand criticism.” —Licínio C. Lima‚ Professor of Education‚ University of Minho‚ Portugal “Thistextisthego-to-handbookwhenitcomestomakingsenseofinternationalissues facing lifelong learning and adult education. It offers both a contemporary and interdisciplinary analysis that will provoke students to reflect deeply the about nature‚ purpose andmeaning ofthefield.” —Edward W. Taylor‚ Professor ofLifelong Learning andAdult Education‚ Penn StateUniversity‚USA Marcella Milana Sue Webb (cid:129) John Holford Richard Waller (cid:129) Peter Jarvis Editors The Palgrave International Handbook on Adult and Lifelong Education and Learning Editors MarcellaMilana SueWebb Department ofHuman Sciences Faculty ofEducation University ofVerona MonashUniversity Verona, Italy Clayton, VIC Australia JohnHolford SchoolofEducation Richard Waller University ofNottingham Department ofEducationand Childhood Nottingham, UK University oftheWestof England Bristol,UK PeterJarvis Department ofPolitics University ofSurrey Guildford, UK ISBN978-1-137-55782-7 ISBN978-1-137-55783-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55783-4 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2017937282 ©TheEditor(s)(ifapplicable)andTheAuthor(s)2018 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. 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Theregisteredcompanyaddressis:TheCampus,4CrinanStreet,London,N19XW,UnitedKingdom C ONTENTS Introduction to the Handbook 1 Marcella Milana, Sue Webb, John Holford, Richard Waller and Peter Jarvis Part I Thinking and Rethinking the Field Introduction 9 Marcella Milana, Sue Webb, John Holford, Richard Waller and Peter Jarvis Theoretical Landscapes Contemporary Adult and Lifelong Education and Learning: An Epistemological Analysis 13 Richard G. Bagnall and Steven Hodge Exercising Clarity with Transformative Learning Theory 35 Chad Hoggan Critical Adult Education Theory: Traditions and Influence 53 Stephen Brookfield From Radical Adult Education to Social Movement Learning 75 John D. Holst v vi CONTENTS Adult Learning and Communicative Rationality 93 Palle Rasmussen Generative Pathways Adult Education and the ‘Learning’ Turn 111 Terri Seddon Limit Situations. Adult Education and Critical Awareness Raising 133 Danny Wildemeersch Revisiting Paulo Freire: Adult Education for Emancipation 151 Emilio Lucio-Villegas Learning and Experience: A Psycho-Societal Approach 169 Henning Salling Olesen Complexity, Adult Biographies and Co-operative Transformation 191 Laura Formenti Conceptual Sites Economics and the Political Economy of Adult Education 211 Richard Desjardins The Critical Turn in Human Resources Development 227 Tonette S. Rocco, Sunny L. Munn and Joshua C. Collins Learning and Identity Development at Work 245 Alan Brown and Jenny Bimrose Lifelong Learning as an Emancipation Process: A Capability Approach 267 Pepka Boyadjieva and Petya Ilieva-Trichkova Knowledge Production as Organisational Learning: The Case of Danish Universities 289 Bente Elkjaer CONTENTS vii Part II Scale and Movement Introduction 309 Marcella Milana, Sue Webb, John Holford, Richard Waller and Peter Jarvis Global Assembling Literacy as Global: The Danger of a Single Story 315 Camilla Addey Conceptualizing Participation in Adult Learning and Education: Equity Issues 337 Kjell Rubenson Participation in Adult Literacy Programmes and Social Injustices 359 Lyn Tett Lifelong Learning Policy Discourses of International Organisations Since 2000: A Kaleidoscope or Merely Fragments? 375 Moosung Lee and Shazia K. Jan Transformative Sustainability Education: From Sustainababble to a Civilization Leap 397 Elizabeth A. Lange Research Patterns in Comparative and Global Policy Studies on Adult Education 421 Marcella Milana Regional Latin America: Adult and Popular Education in Dialogue 443 Danilo R. Streck and Cheron Zanini Moretti Europe: Comparing Lifelong Learning Systems 461 Éric Verdier The Mediterranean: Adult Education Landmarks 485 Peter Mayo viii CONTENTS The Southern African Development Community: Challenges and Prospects in Lifelong Learning 507 Idowu Biao and Tonic Maruatona National Argentina: The Debate Between Lifelong and Popular Education in Adult Education 531 Lidia Mercedes Rodríguez Ghana: The Life and Death of Adult Education and Implications for Current Policy 549 Michael A. Tagoe Palestine: Philosophical and Methodological Dilemmas for Adult Education 571 Rabab Tamish China: Adult Education and Learning from Mao to Now 587 Roger Boshier Singapore: Trends and Directions in Lifelong Learning 609 Prem Kumar Timor-Leste: Adult Literacy, Popular Education and Post-conflict Peacebuilding 629 Bob Boughton Transience Transnational Migration, Everyday Pedagogies and Cultural Destabilization 649 Linda Morrice Researching Transnational Migration and Lifelong Learning 667 Shibao Guo Reconfiguring the Learning Space: Skilled Immigrants in Canada 687 Hongxia Shan CONTENTS ix Non-permanent Workers and Their Learning in a Developmental State 707 Sahara Sadik The Global Spread of the Nordic Folk High School Idea 721 Henrik Nordvall Part III Contexts, People and Practices Introduction 737 Marcella Milana, Sue Webb, John Holford, Richard Waller and Peter Jarvis Organisations Adult Education Learned Societies: Professionalism and Publications 741 Sue Webb Adult Education Research: Publication Strategies and Collegial Recognition 761 Andreas Fejes and Erik Nylander Popular Universities: Their Hidden Functions and Contributions 779 Nelly P. Stromquist and Guillermo Lozano The Ideals and Practices of Citizenship in Nordic Study Circles 797 Annika Pastuhov South African University Engagement: Lifelong Learning and ‘Socially Robust’ Knowledge 817 Julia Preece Learners Learning in Later Adulthood: A Critical Perspective 839 Brian Findsen Lifelong Learning for Older Adults: Culture and Confucianism 857 Maureen Tam x CONTENTS Disabilities and Adult and Lifelong Education 879 Jovita M. Ross-Gordon Queering Transformative Learning: The Unfolding of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Ally Lives 899 Matthew A. Eichler and Racidon P. Bernarte Technologies, Objects and Artifacts Technologies for Adult and Lifelong Education 917 Seng Chee Tan The Mainstreaming of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) 939 Sarah Speight Lifelong Learning for Africa’s Older Adults: The Role of Open Educational Resources and Indigenous Learning 957 Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko and Keitseope Nthomang Popular Culture, Adult Learning, and Identity Development 971 Robin Redmon Wright Popular Fictions as Critical Adult Education 991 Christine Jarvis Creativity, the Arts, and Transformative Learning 1011 Patricia Gouthro Index 1027
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