Global Issues and Adult Education: Perspectives from Latin America, Southern Africa and the United States (Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education) (Hardcover)

by Sharan B. Merriam (Editor), Bradley C. Courtenay (Editor), Ronald M. Cervero (Editor), Gail McClure (Foreword) "People's lives across the globe are increasingly subject to the powers of the neoliberal economic policies and practices of wealthy countries..." (more)
Key Phrases: adult environmental education, socioenvironmental change, adult education scholars, United States, New York, San Francisco (more...)

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"This book then comes as a welcome and timely respond to prevailing attitudes." (Adult Education Quarterly, November 2007)

"Very highly recommended" (Bookwatch, May 2006)

Product Description
Global Issues and Adult Educationbrings together seven years of cutting-edge research and analysis from the Cyril O. Houle Scholars in Adult and Continuing Education. These emerging leaders in the field investigate the importance of adult education in responding to the challenges of global issues. The book is divided into five sections, each of which examines one overarching topic—globalization and the market economy, marginalized populations, environment and health, community empowerment, and lifelong learning and educational systems. Each section begins with an introduction that provides a framework for understanding the overarching issues and summarizes the chapters in the section.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 560 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass (March 10, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787978108
• ISBN-13: 978-0787978105
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #100,472 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Informatively guides its readers through the seven-year study and the works of nearly forty academic experts , May 3, 2006

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Expertly compiled and co-edited by the team of Sharan B. Merriam (Professor of Adult Education at the University of Georgia), Bradley C. Courtenay (Professor of Adult Education at the University of Georgia), and Ronald M. Cervero (Professor and head of the department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy at the University of Georgia), Global Issues And Adult Education: Perspectives From Latin America, Southern Africa, And The United States is a 520-page compendium of well informed and knowledgeably written interpretations and investigations of modernization and the importance of adult education with the challenges faced daily with the innovations and technology, as well as world issues at hand. Introducing readers to the concept of global productivity and progression as result of proper adult education, Global Issues And Adult Education informatively guides its readers through the seven-year study and the works of nearly forty academic experts on the topic of worldly supportive and positive aspect of proper adult education. Global Issues And Adult Education is very highly recommended reading, especially for students of adult education for its invaluable and scholarly presentations of educating today's adults.

5.0 out of 5 stars Well done, April 17, 2009

By	Donald S. Potoczny (Dongduchon, Korea) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a terrific textbook compiled by leaders in the field. They have expertly organized a collection of essays on how people are using education all over the world to overcome poverty and improve the human condition. I read for pleasure at home and it raised my consciousness in regions I had been unaware. This would be an ideal text for a class or seminar.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Man, these people give the goods, February 1, 2009

By	Mark Collins - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Book looks so new I got ink stains on my hands!!!! Just kidding. This was really a quick easy and needed transaction. I would buy from them again in a heartbeat!!