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Global perspectives on adult education / edited by Ali A. Abdi and Dip Kapoor.

Other author/creatorAbdi, Ali A., 1955-
Other author/creatorKapoor, Dip.
Format Book and Print
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Descriptionxviii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Supplemental Content Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content Publisher description
Supplemental Content Table of contents only
Subject(s)
Contents Global perspectives on adult education : an introduction / Ali A. Abdi and Dip Kapoor -- Globalization and adult education in the South / Edward Shizha and Ali A. Abdi -- Cultural perspectives in African adult education : indigenous ways of knowing in lifelong learning / Ladislaus Semali -- Mwalimu's mission : Julius Nyerere as (adult) educator and philosopher of community development / Christine Mhina and Ali A. Abdi -- Globalization, dispossession, and subaltern social movement (SSM) learning in the South / Dip Kapoor -- Paulo Freire and adult education / Peter Mayo -- Freire and popular education in Indonesia : Indonesian Society for Social Transformation (INSIST) and the Indonesian volunteers for social transformation (involvement) program / Muhammad Agus Nuryatno -- Nonformal education, economic growth and development : challenges for rural Buddhists in Bangladesh / Bijoy P. Barua -- East meets West, Dewey meets Confucius and Mao : a philosophical analysis of adult education in China / Shibao Guo -- The role of continuing education in Zimbabwe / Michael Tonderai Kariwo -- Popular education and organized response to gold mining in Ghana / Valerie Kwaipun -- Popular education, hegemony, and street children in Brazil : toward an ethnographic praxis / Samuel Veissière and Marcelo Diversi -- Citizens educating themselves : the case of Argentina in the post-economic collapse era / Luis-Alberto D'Elia -- A Freirian analysis of the process of conscientization in the Argentinian madres movement / Charlotte Baltodano -- Adult education and development in the Caribbean / Jean Walrond.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008021620
ISBN0230607950
ISBN9780230607958

Available Items

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Joyner General Stacks LC5215 .G57 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold