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This Book Provides A Comprehensive Sociological Overview Of Adult And Continuing Education. It Draws On All Branches Of Sociology Rather Than Advocating One Approach. It Examines The Theories Of All The Significant Sociological Writers In The Field Such As Knowles, Marx, Freire And Gramsci And Sets Them In The Broader Intellectual Context. It Also Considers The Content Of The Curriculum In Adult Education And The Place Of Adult Education In Society At Large. The Author Indicates The Strengths And Weaknesses Of The Different Sociological Perspectives And Demonstrates How They Can Be Used To Front Cover; The Sociology Of Adult And Continuing Education; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Parti: Sociological Perspectives; Chapter 1. Sociological Introduction; The Two Sociologies; Sociological Schools Ofthought And Ideologies; Concluding Discussion; Chapter 2. Education And Social Change; Change In Society; Emergence And Growth Ofeducation; The Changing Concept Ofeducation; Adult And Continuing Education; Conclusion; Chapter 3. Interpreting Adult And Continuing Education; Interpreting Social Phenomena; Liberal Adult Education; Radical Adult Education Underdetermination In Adult Educationconclusion; Part Ii:a Sociology Of A Teaching Andlearning Curriculum; Chapter 4. The Two Educations; Classical And Romanticcurricula; The 'two Educations'; Andragogy And Pedagogy; Romanticism And The 1960s; Conclusion; Chapter 5. Aims, Objectives And Meetingneeds And Demands In Adulteducation; Aims And Objectives; Needs And Demands; Conclusion; Chapter 6. The Content Of The Curriculum; A Sociological Understanding Of The Nature Of Knowledge; Curriculum Content As Aselection From Culture; Education From Above; Education Of Equals; Conclusion Chapter 7. Teaching Methods And Learningmethods Of Teaching; The Self; The Learning Cycle; Criticisms Of The Strategy-basedposition; The Teaching Strategy Ofpaulo Freire; Conclusion; Chapter 8. Examinations And Assessment; Definition And Legitimationof Social Reality; Examinations Reproduce The Hierarchical Relations Insociety; Examinations And The Reproduction Of Society'smode Of Operation; Education On A Commodity; An Identity Ritual; An Aftermath Of Examinations?; Self Assessment; Conclusion; Part Iii:adult And Continuing Education In The Context Of Society Chapter 9. The Functions Of Adult Andcontinuing Educationmaintenance Of The Social System And Reproduction Of Existing Social Relations; Transmission Of Knowledge And The Reproduction Of Culture; Individual Advancement Andselection; Second Chance Andlegitimation; Leisure Time Pursuit Andinstitutional Expansion; Development And Liberation; Conclusion; Chapter 10. Alternative Approaches To Theeducation Of Adults; Education Of The Affect; Community Education; Distance Education; Conclusion; Chapter 11. Adult And Continuing Educationand Social Policy; Social Policy And Legislation Models Of Social Policyapplication Of Social Policy Models To Adult Andcontinuing Education; Concluding Discussion; Part Iv:adult And Continuing Education In The Organizational Context; Chapter 12. The Organization Of Adult And Continuing Education; The Organization Of Theservice; Bureaucratic Organization; Centre-periphery Model Oforganization; Dilemmas Of Institutionalisededucation Of Adults; Conclusion; Chapter 13.adult Participants In Education; Access To Adult Andcontinuing Education; Participation In The Educationof Adults; Barriers To Access; Conclusion Chapter 14.interaction Within Theorganization Peter Jarvis. Originally Published: London: Croom Helm, 1985. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English