02448oam 2200517z 450 991078306210332120231004154719.00-7914-9757-7(CKB)1000000000005274(SSID)ssj0000204491(PQKBManifestationID)11181609(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000204491(PQKBWorkID)10176388(PQKB)10854771(MiAaPQ)EBC3406912(EXLCZ)99100000000000527420160829h19961996 uy 0engtxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe modern practice of adult education a postmodern critique /Derek BritonAlbany :State University of New York Press,1996©19961 online resource (xv, 156 pages)SUNY series, teacher empowerment and school reform The modern practice of adult educationBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-3026-X 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 EducationBriton 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.Teacher empowerment and school reformAdult educationPhilosophyCritical pedagogyResearchPostmodernism and educationAdult educationResearchAdult educationPhilosophy.Critical pedagogyResearch.Postmodernism and education.Adult educationResearch.374/.001Briton Derek1953-801143PQKBBOOK9910783062103321The modern practice of adult education3778031UNINA