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Tables of Contents for Adult Education at the Crossroads
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Figures and Tables
xi
List of Acronyms
xii
Introduction
1
5
Ivan Illich: Learning Webs, Not One-way Streets
6
11
Ivan Illich: the person
7
2
Ivan Illich: the theory
9
3
Counterproductive education and its alternative
12
2
Illich's significance for adult education and this book
14
3
PART I The Main Historical Traditions in Adult Education
17
86
UNESCO: Humanising Development through Permanent Education
19
10
The context and history of UNESCO
19
3
`Lifelong education', or how to humanise development
22
4
Critique of education permanente
26
3
Pragmatism: A Genuine American Highway
29
33
John Dewey
30
7
Dewey's anthropology of learning
Dewey's theory of education
Relevance and critique of Dewey
Eduard Lindeman
37
2
Experiential learning
39
8
Kurt Lewin
David Kolb
Chris Argyris and Donald Schon
Symbolic interactionism and adult education
47
12
Symbolic interactionism
Peter Jarvis
Jack Mezirow
Critique of pragmatic adult education
59
3
Humanism: The Lonely Traveller on the Road to Heaven
62
13
Carl Rogers
63
3
Malcolm Knowles
66
5
Mixing humanism and pragmatism
The concept of `facilitation'
Andragogy, not pedagogy
Stephen Brookfield
71
2
Critique of humanistic adult education
73
2
Marxist Adult Education: Democratic Centralism or Multiple Paths to the Right Solution?
75
21
From Marxism to critical pedagogy
76
3
Marxism and education
Critical Theory
Critical pedagogy
Paulo Freire
79
9
Freire's context and life
The philosophical foundations of Freire's thinking
Freire's pedagogical practice
Critical appreciation of liberation pedagogy
Participatory Action Research
88
8
The context of PAR
PAR's philosophy, epistemology and practice
PAR: a critical appreciation
Conclusion: Adult Education and Development
96
7
Adult education in Europe: emancipation and compensation
97
1
North America: Utilitarian, liberal and radical trends
98
2
Adult education in the South: accompanying development
100
3
PART II Crossroads and Dead Ends
103
34
Roads Diverging
105
19
From `development' to `free trade': turbo-capitalism and the casino economy
106
5
The erosion of the welfare state and the rise of conflicting demands
111
3
Postmodernism: many roads to nowhere
114
5
The ecological crisis: the ultimate dead end of industrial society
119
5
The Transformation of Adult Education: Where Adult Education is Going - or Being Driven Towards
124
10
Privatisation I: me, myself and I
125
4
Adult education: customised learning for individuals
Adult education discourse: self-directed learning by individuals
Privatisation 2: the erosion of the nation-state and its implications for adult education
129
1
Instrumentalisation: learning for earning
130
2
Conclusion
132
2
Conclusion: Dead End or Social Responsibility?
134
3
PART III Possible Ways Out
137
44
The Theory of Learning Our Way Out
139
10
The adult education dimension to learning our way out
140
2
The developmental dimension to learning our way out
142
2
The theoretical territory of learning our way out
144
2
Conclusion: towards an integration of the adult education and the developmental dimensions
146
3
Ways Out: The Practice
149
14
Summary of challenges to learning our way out
149
1
Learning our way out of turbo-capitalism
150
4
Learning our way out of eroding politics
154
3
Learning our way out of postmodernism
157
2
Learning our way out of the ecological crisis
159
4
Synthesis and Analysis
163
8
Awareness
165
1
Perspective (conceptual clarification)
166
2
Praxis
168
1
Conclusion
169
2
Adult Education, De-institutionalisation and the Theory of Learning Our Way Out
171
10
Illich and the critique of institutionalisation
172
5
Adult education and de-institutionalisation: a research agenda
177
2
Future challenges to adult education
179
2
Bibliography
181
22
Index
203