02540nam 2200565 a 450 991081855220332120200520144314.00-7914-9757-7(CKB)1000000000005274(SSID)ssj0000204491(PQKBManifestationID)11181609(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000204491(PQKBWorkID)10176388(PQKB)10854771(MiAaPQ)EBC3406912(EXLCZ)99100000000000527419950818d1996 ub 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe modern practice of adult education a postmodern critique /Derek Briton1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc19961 online resource (xv, 156 pages)SUNY series, teacher empowerment and school reformBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-3026-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-148) and index.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 reform.Adult educationPhilosophyCritical pedagogyPostmodernism and educationAdult educationResearchAdult educationPhilosophy.Critical pedagogy.Postmodernism and education.Adult educationResearch.374/.001Briton Derek1953-801143MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818552203321The modern practice of adult education3982668UNINA