A Proposed Historiography of Adult Education.

Autor/in	Smith, Glenn
Titel	A Proposed Historiography of Adult Education.
Quelle	(1996), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Adult Education; Continuing Education; Educational Change; Educational History; Educational Needs; Educational Philosophy; Educational Practices; Educational Trends; Futures (of Society); Historiography; Modernism; Postmodernism; Role of Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Weiterbildung; Bildungsreform; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Bildungspraxis; Bildungsentwicklung; Future; Society; Zukunft; Geschichtsschreibung; Postmoderne; Bildungsauftrag
Abstract	Current histories of adult education trace it back to the early part of the 20th century. They share several assumptions: (1) "modern" adult education started early in this century; (2) antecedents go back to early European colonization of North America--but ignore Spanish colonizers; (3) the movement is exclusively Eurocentric, seeing no influence from thousands of years of adult education practices in Asia or Africa; (4) the movement is exclusively male; and (5) adult education is "modern"--human beings have gone from savage to civilized in a slow process of evolution. Adult education needs to become "postmodern," claiming a vast historical terrain in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, honoring egalitarianism, community empowerment, cultural and linguistic diversity, and multiple approaches to knowing. Educational history, like all knowledge, cannot be observed neutrally; to observe it is to change it because the observer's beliefs influence the observation. Today, the adult education movement is at a crossroads in the United States. It will mean rethinking about definitions, purposes, and ends/means. The result will be a brighter path to the future and a clearer story of the past. (Contains 13 references.) (KC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01