书目名称 | Political Sociology of Adult Education | 编辑 | Carlos Alberto Torres | 视频video | | 概述 | Written by experts, Gives a modern approach, Comprehensive in Scope | 丛书名称 | International Issues in Adult Education | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | Critical Theorist Carlos Alberto Torres offers a political sociology of adult learning and education, based on Critical Social Theory and the always inspiring work of Paulo Freire. Empirically grounded and theoretically sophisticated, this new book follows the footsteps of his classic book published in the early nineties The Politics of Nonformal Education in Latin America. Torres book offers comparative and international sociological analyses of adult learning and education, an area in which there is an obsession with ‘practice’ and an aversion to theory, with some notable and laudable exceptions, but which has the potential to provide avenues for social justice education in ways that no other systems and policies can. This book revitalizes social theory in education, and provides ample evidence of the power of adult learning and education, examining a variety of policy documents connected with the various adult education congresses promoted by the UNESCO, which are thoroughly scrutinized for what they bring to or omit from the policy agenda. In the context of new developments in adult learning and education, particularly the impact of multiple globalizations, neoliberalism, and t | 出版日期 | Book 2013 | 关键词 | Paulo Freire; adult learning; critical theory | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-227-3 | isbn_ebook | 978-94-6209-227-3 | copyright | SensePublishers 2013 |
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