Philosophical Foundations of Adult Education

Rating:
Summary: A comprehensive overview
Review: "This book brings to life issues concerned with the philosophy of adult educators and relationships betweeen education and society. Due to it primary North American focus, the book will find its major audience there, but will appeal also to readers everywhere with an interest in the historical development of adult education. The strength of the work lies in the way it casts U.S. adult education in new roles: the facts come together in new ways to create new gestalts.... It is difficult to be objective about a book that reflects so accurately and faithfully the wide range of options that educational thought presents to us. Therefore, we confess to an overriding desire to induce as many readers as possible to beg, buy or borrow PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF ADULT EDUCATION--not just to add to your personal library so much as to enjoy a reactivated search for your personal truth under the capable ministrations of Elias and Merriam." Dr. June Barth-Dow-Sheats and Dr. Paul H. Sheats, CONVERGENCE

Rating:
Summary: Classic
Review: This book provides an excellent overview of the classic education philosphies in the context of adult education. It is very useful as a text book in graduate level courses, but would need to be supplimented with other resources providing information on emerging theories.