Learning Cities for Adult Learners

EDITOR S NOTES 1 Leodis Scott 1. Evolution and Reconstruction of Learning Cities for Sustainable Actions 5 Connie Watson, Aimee Tiu Wu A discussion of learning cities requires social sustainable change that traces its roots back to the idea of a learning society, which featured a lifelong education movement long before the common expression of lifelong learning. 2. Learning Cities, Systems Change, and Community Engagement Scholarship 21 Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Renee Zientek Community engagement scholarship describes the mutual relationship in higher education for civic, community, and public engagement that create systems for service learning in the context of a learning city/region. 3. Workplace, Organizational, and Societal: Three Domains of Learning for 21st-Century Cities 35 Lyle Yorks, Jody Barto Interconnections between workplace and organizational learning inform how learning cities and regions must function to promote learning for a larger society. 4. Public Libraries and Cooperative Extension as Community Partners for Lifelong Learning and Learning Cities 45 Alysia Peich, Cynthia Needles Fletcher Public libraries, land-grant institutions, and Cooperative Extension are just a few existing examples in America concerned with adult education serving the larger adult learner community. 5. A Connected History of Health and Education: Learning Together Toward a Better City 57 Joanne Howard, Diane Howard, Ebbin Dotson Health and education must be included in any strategic planning of learning cities; such implications must consider how to improve the social quality of life for children and adults. 6. Role of Leisure in Humanizing Learning Cities 73 Dan K. Hibbler, Leodis Scott Leisure shares a special connection with adult education from ancient times to significant events in history such as the Industrial Revolution; these connections play a part in the need for leisure education that is essential for social and human development. 7. Learning Cities for All: Directions to a New Adult Education and Learning Movement 83 Leodis Scott Through encouraging leadership from the adult and continuing education field, the idea of learning cities can be realized and implemented within existing communities across America. INDEX 95