Adult Education and Worldview Construction.

Autor/in	McKenzie, Leon
Titel	Adult Education and Worldview Construction.
Quelle	(1991), (146 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-89464-488-2
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Beliefs; Cultural Awareness; Cultural Context; Cultural Influences; Educational Philosophy; Educational Theories; Global Approach; Group Discussion; International Cooperation; Teaching Methods; Traditionalism; Values; World Views + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Belief; Glaube; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Globales Denken; Gruppendiskussion; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Traditionalismus; Wertbegriff; World view; Weltanschauung
Abstract	This book frames the higher purposes of adult education in terms of worldview construction. Building on the work of Martin Heidegger, the first of the book's eight chapters defines worldview in two ways: as a vantage point in time and culture that conditions a person's experience of the world and as a person's understanding of the world. Chapter 2 reviews the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer on tradition and experience. Chapter 3 analyzes knowing and thinking. Chapter 4 describes understanding as the product of striving for intelligibility and meaning. The next chapter emphasizes the practical steps adult educators can take to establish discussion groups which explicitly address worldview construction. Chapter 6 argues that there is an ethical imperative for adults to examine their worldviews, if not in a group context then at least in moments of solitude. Chapter 7 proposes that theorists in the field of adult education have recognized the association between education and worldview construction without expressly using the phrase "worldview construction." The final chapter relates the ideas in the book to the author's previous work in the area of the theoretical foundations of adult education. References are listed at the end of each chapter. Subject and author indexes are appended. (YLB)
Anmerkungen	Krieger Publishing Co., Krieger Drive, Malabar, FL 32950.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01