Working the Planning Table
Negotiating Democratically for Adult, Continuing, and Workplace Education
1st Edition
Published on 21. November 2005
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-7879-6206-7 (ISBN)
Description
In Working the Planning Table, Ronald M. Cervero and Arthur L. Wilson offer a theory that accounts for planners' lived experience and provides a guide for developing effective educational programs for adults. The book presents three planning case studies that illustrate how power, interests, ethical commitment, and negotiation are central to planners' everyday work. These stories offer guidance on how to respond to the realities of practice and clearly point out that the technical work of planning is always political. Working the Planning Table reveals how people work to negotiate educational and political outcomes for multiple stakeholders.
Reviews / Votes
"...the authors have done excellent research on the reality of the program planning." (PsycCritiques, 09/06/2007)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
652 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-6206-7 (9780787962067)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Ronald M. Cervero is professor of adult education and head of the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy at the University of Georgia. He is coauthor of Planning Responsibly for Adult Education, coeditor of Power In Practice (both with Arthur L. Wilson), and coeditor of Global Issues and Adult Education (with Sharan B. Merriam and Bradley C. Courtenay) all from Jossey-Bass, and author of numerous articles on the politics of adult education, program planning, and continuing education for the professions. Arthur L. Wilson is professor of adult education and Program Leader of Adult and Extension Education in the Department of Education at Cornell University. He is coauthor of Planning Responsibly for Adult Education, coeditor of Power in Practice (both with Ronald M. Cervero), coeditor of the Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education (with Elisabeth R. Hayes), and author of numerous articles on the politics of adult education, program planning, and historical and philosophical foundations of adult education.
Content
Preface v
Working the Planning Table: A Theory for Practice
1. Seeing What Matters: Education as a Struggle for Knowledge and Power 5
2. Practicing Educational Planning: Three Stories 27
3. Negotiating Democratically for Educational and Political Outcomes 77
Working the Planning Table: The Theory in Practice
4. Negotiating the Program's Needs-Assessment 107
5. Negotiating the Program's Educational, Management, and Political Objectives 137
6. Negotiating the Program's Instructional Design and Implementation 161
7. Negotiating the Program's Administrative Organization and Operation 187
8. Negotiating the Program's Formal and Informal Evaluation 213
9. Working the Planning Table in the Struggle for Knowledge and Power 241
References 269
The Authors 285
Index 289
Working the Planning Table: A Theory for Practice
1. Seeing What Matters: Education as a Struggle for Knowledge and Power 5
2. Practicing Educational Planning: Three Stories 27
3. Negotiating Democratically for Educational and Political Outcomes 77
Working the Planning Table: The Theory in Practice
4. Negotiating the Program's Needs-Assessment 107
5. Negotiating the Program's Educational, Management, and Political Objectives 137
6. Negotiating the Program's Instructional Design and Implementation 161
7. Negotiating the Program's Administrative Organization and Operation 187
8. Negotiating the Program's Formal and Informal Evaluation 213
9. Working the Planning Table in the Struggle for Knowledge and Power 241
References 269
The Authors 285
Index 289