Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education

An authoritative overview of the current state of the field of adult and continuing education Drawing on the contributions of 75 leading authors in the field this 2010 Edition of the respected Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education provides adult education scholars program administrators and teachers with a solid foundation for understanding the current guiding beliefs practices and tensions faced in the field as well as a basis for developing and refining their own approaches to their work and scholarship. Offering expanded discussions in the areas of social justice technology and the global dimensions of adult and continuing education the Handbook continues the tradition of previous volumes with discussions of contemporary theories current forms and contexts of practice and core processes and functions. Insightful chapters examine adult and continuing education as it relates to gender and sexuality race our aging society class and place and disability. An invaluable introductory