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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783062103321

Autore

Briton Derek <1953->

Titolo

The modern practice of adult education : a postmodern critique / / Derek Briton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 1996

©1996

ISBN

0-7914-9757-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 156 pages)

Collana

SUNY series, teacher empowerment and school reform The modern practice of adult education

Disciplina

374/.001

Soggetti

Adult education - Philosophy

Critical pedagogy - Research

Postmodernism and education

Adult education - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Ch. 1. Engaging the Question of Adult Education Ch. 2. The Fear of Falling into Error Ch. 3. Facing the Dilemma Ch. 4. Enlightenment and Modernity Ch. 5. Choosing a Research Paradigm Ch. 6. Toward a Postmodern Pedagogy of Engagement in Adult Education Postscript: Living through the Question of Adult Education

Sommario/riassunto

Briton challenges the dominant depoliticized vision of adult education, calling into question the modernist tenets and moral integrity of contemporary adult education practice. By examining his own struggle to escape the confines of modernist thought, the author delivers a succinct yet decisive critique of modern educational practice and challenges educators to reconceptualize their field of endeavor as a postmodern pedagogy of engagement.