Adult Learning in Community
Published on 10. September 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
102 pages
978-0-7879-6323-1 (ISBN)
Description
Explores how adult learning occurs in naturally forming communities. As illustrated by the chapters in this volume, this learning takes a variety of forms, and occurs in a variety of locations. It is characterized by individuals coming together to exercise control and influence over the direction, content, and purposes of their learning and emphasizes the community or social as opposed to the individual level of learning. Although many learning communities are homogeneous in nature, several chapters reveal how power and politics play a role as well as how the presence of a facilitator can change the dynamic. This is the 95th volume of the quarterly journal New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
161 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-6323-1 (9780787963231)
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Content
EDITORS' NOTES (David S. Stein, Susan Imel). 1. Learning Community History (Jane M. Hugo). 2. Creating Local Knowledge Through Learning in Community: A Case Study (David S. Stein). 3. For the Common Good: Learning Through Interagency Collaboration (Susan Imel, Cynthia J. Zengler). 4. Organizational Learning Communities and the Dark Side of the Learning Organization (Phillip H. Owenby). 5. Negotiating Power and Politics in Practitioner Inquiry Communities (Cassandra Drennon). 6. Learning Communities in Remote Retreat Settings (Gretchen T. Bersch, Carole L. Lund). 7. A Small Circle of Friends: Cohort Groups as Learning Communities (Randee Lipson Lawrence). 8. Adult Learning in Community: Themes and Threads (David S. Stein, Susan Imel). Index.