Making Space: Merging Theory and Practice in Adult Education » (1st Edition)

VANESSA SHEARED is Associate Dean in the College of Education at San Francisco State University, where she has been actively involved in working with both public, community based, and higher education programs.

PEGGY A. SISSEL was formerly an Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

A study of the sociological and political implications of adult education and adult learning theories and practices through the lens of race, class, gender, language, culture, and sexual orientation.

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Twenty-nine specialists from the U.S., Canada, and Australia contribute to this text examining issues of race, ethnicity, gender, class and sexual orientation in adult education. Twenty-three chapters are organized around five main topics: deconstructing exclusion and inclusion in adult education; the function of adult learning within certain important social and historical movements and phenomena; adult basic education in community-based programs, prisons, federally-funded programs, and workplace settings; culture and its influence on learning processes, settings and outcomes; and the future of adult education, the implications of marginalization, empowerment, and opportunities and cautions for those in the field. For educators, graduate students, and policymakers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)