Comparative adult education and learning : : authors and texts / / edited by Maria Slowey.

• TeilnehmendeR: Slowey, Maria,
• Place / Publishing House: Firenze, Italy : : Firenze University Press,, [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Studies on adult learning and education ; Volume 7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 172 pages).

This volume explores the topics of adult learning and education through the specific lens of comparative research. The book is divided into four chapters comprising two parts: an analytic essay followed by an anthology of readings from a selection of key texts intended to illustrate different perspectives, theories and/or approaches from varying perspectives in different countries. The book represents the second of a series dedicated to adult learning and education and developed within the ESRALE European project. Its companion books are: Empirical Research Methodology in Adult Learning and Education. Authors and Texts and Researches in Adult Learning and Education: the European dimension.

Table of Contents

TABLES -- Preface -- Table 1 - Categorization ofReadings -- Critical Overview ofthe Roles ofInternational Organisations -- in the Development ofAdult Learning and Education -- Table 2 - International Organizations in ALE 138-139 -- FIGURES -- Scoping the Field of Study: Key Concepts in Comparative Adult -- Education and Learning -- Figure 1.1 - Intersecting domains (adapted from Evans and Robinson-Pant 2010, Figure 1) -- Figure 1.2 - Schematic Diagram ofInterrelationships Between Discipline, Methodology and Arena of Stud -- Figure 1.3 - Percent of adult aged 16-65 who participated in organized adult learning in 12-month period -- Figure 1.4 - Annualized growth rate of organized adult learning between PIAAC (2012) and IALS (1990s) -- Figure 1.5 - Percent of adults who attained their highest qualification beyond the normative age -- What to compare? Comparative issues in adult education -- Figure 3.1 - A Framework for Comparative Educational Analysis -- Figure 3.2 - A Relationship Model for Comparative Research in Adult Education. [Author's own].