Adult Education in the American Experience from the Colonial Period to the Present. The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series.

Autor/inn/en	Stubblefield, Harold W.; Keane, Patrick
Titel	Adult Education in the American Experience from the Colonial Period to the Present. The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series.
Quelle	(1994), (397 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-7879-0025-7
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Agricultural Education; Blacks; Education Work Relationship; Educational Development; Educational History; Educational Practices; Educational Trends; Indigenous Populations; Labor Education; Literacy; Literacy Education; Minority Groups; Public Policy; Role of Education; Social Change; Social Problems; Unions; United States History; Vocational Education; Womens Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Agriculture; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Black person; Schwarzer; Bildungsentwicklung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungspraxis; Sinti und Roma; Labour education; Arbeitserziehung; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Ethnische Minderheit; Öffentliche Ordnung; Bildungsauftrag; Sozialer Wandel; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Berufsbildung; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung
Abstract	This book offers a comprehensive history of adult education in the United States from the colonial period to the present day. Chapter 1 discusses definitions of adult education and explores formative influences. Chapters 2-3 on the colonial and post-Revolutionary periods trace an Atlantic information network, rise of a literate culture, Puritan impact, and evolution of regulated access. Chapters 4-9 cover the early national and antebellum periods through the Civil War: the educational aspirations of independence; spread of literacy; innovations (mechanics' institutes, lyceums, and a professionalizing process); organized labor's response; women's adult education; and the "civilizing mission" of Native American education. Chapters 10-12 cover the following aspects of the period from the end of the Civil War through the end of World War I (WWI): institutional innovations; creation of an agricultural education system; training for industrial work; initiatives for social change; and methods to cope with the new urban, industrial, and immigrant society. Chapters 13-15 cover the following through WWII: expansion of institutions to foster learning and education, growing importance of the workplace, educational initiatives guided by visions of a better society, and adult education during national emergencies. Chapters 16-18 describe adult education's continuing institutionalization through the 1980s, social issues and civic concerns, and a national agenda for adult education. A concluding chapter addresses responsiveness to the needs of all learners. Contains 601 references and name and subject indexes. (YLB)
Anmerkungen	Jossey-Bass Inc., 350 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA 94104 ($34.95).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01