{"product_id":"radicalizing-learning-isbn-9780787998257","title":"Radicalizing Learning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRadicalizing Learning\u003c\/i\u003e calls for a total rethinking of what the field of adult education stands for and how adult educators should assess their effectiveness. Arguing that major changes in society are needed to create a more just world, the authors set out to show how educators can help learners envision and enact this radical transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpecifically, the book explores the areas of adult learning, training, teaching, facilitation, program development, and research. Each chapter provides a guide to the different paradigms and perspectives that prevail across the field of theory and practice. The authors then tie all of the themes into how adult learning for participatory democracy works in a diverse society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Conceptualizing Adult Learning and Education 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Understanding Adult Learning 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Understanding Adult Development 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Learning in the Context of Training 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Planning Educational Programs: Principles, Goals, and Evaluation 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Teaching Adults 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Globalization and Adult Learning 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Aesthetic Dimensions of Learning 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Researching Learning 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Adult Learning in a Diverse World 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eName Index 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eStephen D. Brookfield\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished University Professor at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For 40 years he has taught in England, Canada, Australia, and the United States. A four-time winner of the Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education, he is the author of numerous books on teaching including \u003ci\u003eThe Skillful Teacher\u003c\/i\u003e (Second Edition, 2006), \u003ci\u003eDiscussion as a Way of Teaching\u003c\/i\u003e (Second Edition, 2005), and \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Critical Theory\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), all from Jossey-Bass. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn D. Holst\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he teaches graduate courses in critical pedagogy and the foundations of education. He has spent his 20-year career in community- and work-based adult education in Chicago, teaching in factory lunchrooms, hotels, church basements, government and nongovernmental organizations. He is the author of the book \u003ci\u003eSocial Movements, Civil Society, and Radical Adult Education\u003c\/i\u003e and articles that have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eAdult Education Quarterly,\u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Lifelong Learning\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eHarvard Educational Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRadicalizing Learning calls for a total rethinking of what the field of adult education stands for and how adult educators should assess their effectiveness. Arguing that major changes in society are needed to create a more just world, Brookfield and Holst set out to show how educators can help learners envision and enact this radical transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNoting that the traditional project of adult education is creating and extending a genuinely participatory democracy, the authors focus the book on the purposeful learning adults undertake in pursuit of political and economic democracy, whether in formal programs, community movements, or in self-directed efforts. Having proposed the importance of this kind of learning, they then go on to explore how best to encourage it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book outlines the functions of radical teaching and identifies elements of a radical curriculum. Using many illustrative examples, in particular spotlighting temporary, fluctuating, independent, and seasonal workers as a new focus for adult educators, it maps out what radical teaching looks like and discusses its central practices. The authors consider how diversity can sometimes be used to blunt progress even as it appears to be revolutionary and offer three projects for radical diversity. In addition, Radicalizing Learning proposes key questions that can guide radical participatory research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOffering an overview of the theory and practice of adult education from the particular perspective the authors call \"radical,\" the book is designed as an alternative introduction to the field, covering the traditional topics of adult learning, adult development, program planning, training, teaching, and research. In conclusion, Brookfield and Holst look to the future for adult education to create a just world.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRADICALIZING LEARNING\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a book that is so interesting that I had trouble putting it down. It is well written; there is new material; it articulates familiar concepts in such novel ways that your thought patterns get hijacked reading it. Adult learning and its processes are examined from a socialist perspective with a focus on social justice.\" —\u003cb\u003ePHYLLIS M. CUNNINGHAM\u003c\/b\u003e Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Northern Illinois University  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Read this book and rub shoulders with Nelson Mandela, Septima Clark, Antonio Gramsci, Paulo Freire, Jane Thompson, Myles Horton, and a whole horde of inspiring leaders, learners, teachers, trainers, and activists. Engage with remarkable writers you have heard of, and, if you are like me, encounter a number of remarkable writers for the first time. This is a splendid, extraordinary book, which will stir and trouble you. But why am I not surprised? It is a seamlessly collaborative work by two of the best minds in the field—John Holst, the challenging, unremittingly rigorous theorist; and Stephen Brookfield, the inspired and cannily perceptive analyst. This book earns my highest praise: it will make you think.\" —\u003cb\u003eMICHAEL NEWMAN\u003c\/b\u003e author, \u003ci\u003eTeaching Defiance\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Stephen Brookfield and John Holst have written a monumental text in the field of adult education. It is a bold, ambitious book, beautifully written and uncompromising in its social justice agenda. It is sure to become a classic in the field.\" —\u003cb\u003ePETER MCLAREN\u003c\/b\u003e professor, University of California, Los Angeles \t \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book offers new readings of the theory, politics, policy, and practice of radical adult education and learning where people's lives are understood as complex and interrelated matters. Brookfield and Holst's poetics and deeply human prose sound rebellious; the authors confront some of the main radical trends in the field of adult education including critical theory, transformative learning, and popular education.\" —\u003cb\u003eSHAHRZAD MOJAB\u003c\/b\u003e professor, Department of Adult Education and Counseling Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto    \"This is a book that is so interesting that I had trouble putting it down. It is well written; there is new material; it articulates familiar concepts in such novel ways that your thought patterns get hijacked reading it. Adult learning and its processes are examined from a socialist perspective with a focus on social justice.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Phyllis M. Cunningham, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Northern Illinois University\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Read this book and rub shoulders with Nelson Mandela, Septima Clark, Antonio Gramsci, Paulo Freire, Jane Thompson, Myles Horton, and a whole horde of inspiring leaders, learners, teachers, trainers, and activists. Engage with remarkable writers you have heard of, and, if you are like me, encounter a number of remarkable writers for the first time. This is a splendid, extraordinary book, which will stir and trouble you. But why am I not surprised? It is a seamlessly collaborative work by two of the best minds in the field—John Holst, the challenging, unremittingly rigorous theorist; and Stephen Brookfield, the inspired and cannily perceptive analyst. This book earns my highest praise: it will make you think.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Michael Newman, author, \u003ci\u003eTeaching Defiance\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Stephen Brookfield and John Holst have written a monumental text in the field of adult education. It is a bold, ambitious book, beautifully written and uncompromising in its social justice agenda. It is sure to become a classic in the field.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Peter McLaren, professor, University of California, Los Angeles\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"This book offers new readings of the theory, politics, policy, and practice of radical adult education and learning where people's lives are understood as complex and interrelated matters. Brookfield and Holst's poetics and deeply human prose sound rebellious; the authors confront some of the main radical trends in the field of adult education including critical theory, transformative learning, and popular education.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Shahrzad Mojab, professor, Department of Adult Education and Counseling Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRadicalizing Learning\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary book, grounded in the world we have all experienced, but challenging readers to remove their blinders. Brookfield and Holst have redefined the vocation to which adult educators are called and in a brief volume brought integrity and insight to all the salient topics in our field of study.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Thomas Heaney, associate professor, adult education, and director, Adult Education Doctoral Program, National-Louis University\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989905490149,"sku":"NP9780787998257","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780787998257.jpg?v=1761785865","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/radicalizing-learning-isbn-9780787998257","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}