Table Of ContentTHE PALGRAVE INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK ON
ADULT AND LIFELONG EDUCATION AND LEARNING
Edited by
Marcella Milana, Sue Webb, John Holford,
Richard Waller, and Peter Jarvis
The Palgrave International Handbook on Adult
and Lifelong Education and Learning
“This is a timely book that helps situate our field in a world committed to 2015
Sustainable Development Goals. I commend the editors for providing a truly interna-
tional collection of perspectives on adult education and learning. To their credit‚ they
havegivenusadelightfulmixofnewandmoreseniorvoicesinthefield‚frommultiple
nations‚resultinginarichandtexturedexaminationofkeyissuesbeforeus.Thisisvery
welcomeedition.”
—LeonaM.English‚ProfessorofAdultEducation‚St.Francis
XavierUniversity‚Antigonish‚NovaScotia‚Canada
“The International Handbook on Adult and Lifelong Education and Learning is an
unmissablereferenceforstudentsandresearchersinterestedinrethinkingthefield.The
result of an ambitious collective endeavour‚ its innovative structure offers a variety
oftheoreticalandconceptualapproaches,newresearchinsights‚policydebatesandthe
study of tensions at a range of analytical scales and geographies. It is a valuable
scholarlypieceofliteratureinthebesttraditionofadulteducationinternationalismand
criticism.”
—Licínio C. Lima‚ Professor of Education‚ University of Minho‚ Portugal
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facing lifelong learning and adult education. It offers both a contemporary and
interdisciplinary analysis that will provoke students to reflect deeply the about nature‚
purpose andmeaning ofthefield.”
—Edward W. Taylor‚ Professor ofLifelong Learning
andAdult Education‚ Penn StateUniversity‚USA
Marcella Milana Sue Webb
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John Holford Richard Waller
(cid:129)
Peter Jarvis
Editors
The Palgrave
International
Handbook on Adult
and Lifelong
Education and
Learning
Editors
MarcellaMilana SueWebb
Department ofHuman Sciences Faculty ofEducation
University ofVerona MonashUniversity
Verona, Italy Clayton, VIC
Australia
JohnHolford
SchoolofEducation Richard Waller
University ofNottingham Department ofEducationand Childhood
Nottingham, UK University oftheWestof England
Bristol,UK
PeterJarvis
Department ofPolitics
University ofSurrey
Guildford, UK
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ONTENTS
Introduction to the Handbook 1
Marcella Milana, Sue Webb, John Holford, Richard Waller
and Peter Jarvis
Part I Thinking and Rethinking the Field
Introduction 9
Marcella Milana, Sue Webb, John Holford, Richard Waller
and Peter Jarvis
Theoretical Landscapes
Contemporary Adult and Lifelong Education and Learning:
An Epistemological Analysis 13
Richard G. Bagnall and Steven Hodge
Exercising Clarity with Transformative Learning Theory 35
Chad Hoggan
Critical Adult Education Theory: Traditions and Influence 53
Stephen Brookfield
From Radical Adult Education to Social Movement Learning 75
John D. Holst
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Adult Learning and Communicative Rationality 93
Palle Rasmussen
Generative Pathways
Adult Education and the ‘Learning’ Turn 111
Terri Seddon
Limit Situations. Adult Education and Critical Awareness
Raising 133
Danny Wildemeersch
Revisiting Paulo Freire: Adult Education for Emancipation 151
Emilio Lucio-Villegas
Learning and Experience: A Psycho-Societal Approach 169
Henning Salling Olesen
Complexity, Adult Biographies and Co-operative
Transformation 191
Laura Formenti
Conceptual Sites
Economics and the Political Economy of Adult Education 211
Richard Desjardins
The Critical Turn in Human Resources Development 227
Tonette S. Rocco, Sunny L. Munn and Joshua C. Collins
Learning and Identity Development at Work 245
Alan Brown and Jenny Bimrose
Lifelong Learning as an Emancipation Process: A Capability
Approach 267
Pepka Boyadjieva and Petya Ilieva-Trichkova
Knowledge Production as Organisational Learning:
The Case of Danish Universities 289
Bente Elkjaer
CONTENTS vii
Part II Scale and Movement
Introduction 309
Marcella Milana, Sue Webb, John Holford, Richard Waller
and Peter Jarvis
Global
Assembling Literacy as Global: The Danger of a Single Story 315
Camilla Addey
Conceptualizing Participation in Adult Learning and Education:
Equity Issues 337
Kjell Rubenson
Participation in Adult Literacy Programmes and Social
Injustices 359
Lyn Tett
Lifelong Learning Policy Discourses of International
Organisations Since 2000: A Kaleidoscope or Merely
Fragments? 375
Moosung Lee and Shazia K. Jan
Transformative Sustainability Education: From Sustainababble
to a Civilization Leap 397
Elizabeth A. Lange
Research Patterns in Comparative and Global Policy Studies on
Adult Education 421
Marcella Milana
Regional
Latin America: Adult and Popular Education in Dialogue 443
Danilo R. Streck and Cheron Zanini Moretti
Europe: Comparing Lifelong Learning Systems 461
Éric Verdier
The Mediterranean: Adult Education Landmarks 485
Peter Mayo
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The Southern African Development Community: Challenges
and Prospects in Lifelong Learning 507
Idowu Biao and Tonic Maruatona
National
Argentina: The Debate Between Lifelong and Popular
Education in Adult Education 531
Lidia Mercedes Rodríguez
Ghana: The Life and Death of Adult Education and Implications
for Current Policy 549
Michael A. Tagoe
Palestine: Philosophical and Methodological Dilemmas for Adult
Education 571
Rabab Tamish
China: Adult Education and Learning from Mao to Now 587
Roger Boshier
Singapore: Trends and Directions in Lifelong Learning 609
Prem Kumar
Timor-Leste: Adult Literacy, Popular Education and
Post-conflict Peacebuilding 629
Bob Boughton
Transience
Transnational Migration, Everyday Pedagogies and Cultural
Destabilization 649
Linda Morrice
Researching Transnational Migration and Lifelong Learning 667
Shibao Guo
Reconfiguring the Learning Space: Skilled Immigrants in
Canada 687
Hongxia Shan
CONTENTS ix
Non-permanent Workers and Their Learning in a Developmental
State 707
Sahara Sadik
The Global Spread of the Nordic Folk High School Idea 721
Henrik Nordvall
Part III Contexts, People and Practices
Introduction 737
Marcella Milana, Sue Webb, John Holford, Richard Waller
and Peter Jarvis
Organisations
Adult Education Learned Societies: Professionalism and
Publications 741
Sue Webb
Adult Education Research: Publication Strategies and Collegial
Recognition 761
Andreas Fejes and Erik Nylander
Popular Universities: Their Hidden Functions and
Contributions 779
Nelly P. Stromquist and Guillermo Lozano
The Ideals and Practices of Citizenship in Nordic Study
Circles 797
Annika Pastuhov
South African University Engagement: Lifelong Learning and
‘Socially Robust’ Knowledge 817
Julia Preece
Learners
Learning in Later Adulthood: A Critical Perspective 839
Brian Findsen
Lifelong Learning for Older Adults: Culture and
Confucianism 857
Maureen Tam
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Disabilities and Adult and Lifelong Education 879
Jovita M. Ross-Gordon
Queering Transformative Learning: The Unfolding of Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Ally Lives 899
Matthew A. Eichler and Racidon P. Bernarte
Technologies, Objects and Artifacts
Technologies for Adult and Lifelong Education 917
Seng Chee Tan
The Mainstreaming of Massive Open Online Courses
(MOOCs) 939
Sarah Speight
Lifelong Learning for Africa’s Older Adults: The Role
of Open Educational Resources and Indigenous Learning 957
Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko and Keitseope Nthomang
Popular Culture, Adult Learning, and Identity Development 971
Robin Redmon Wright
Popular Fictions as Critical Adult Education 991
Christine Jarvis
Creativity, the Arts, and Transformative Learning 1011
Patricia Gouthro
Index 1027
