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Sto caricando le informazioni... Adult Education in the American Experience: From the Colonial Period to the Presentdi Harold W. Stubblefield, Patrick Keane
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From the earliest contributions of Native Americans in the colonial period to the workforce preparation crisis in the 1980s, this book explores the patterns, themes, and changing ideologies of learning and education in adulthood. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)374.973Social sciences Education Home education; Self Education and Culture Central organizations, state departments, institutesClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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It turned out that Stubblefield’s book was exactly what I needed. “Adult Education in the American Experience” is a comprehensive survey of the movements and methods, formal and informal, that educated American adults from Colonial to modern times. Stubblefield cast a very fine net in his research and his thoroughness has a cost. The G.I. Bill, our largest effort to provide adult education only receives a few paragraphs of discussion, however. that is the most in depth examination of any individual topic. Stubblefield has carefully documented the book and provided an extensive bibliography. Whenever I wanted to know more on a subject sources were there. The book’s greatest strength putting all these movements in context. After all, if you need to know about Lyceums or the Chautauqua, or Highlander Folk School you can always ask a librarian. However if you need to know how or when these, and many, many, other movements came about this is the book you need.
Although the period I am researching was covered in the first 120 pages the book continued to hold my interest and I read all of it. The writing is clear, the topic is interesting, and with so much time and so many trends to cover the book is a very interesting read. If you want a historical overview of adult education in the United States this is the book for you. If you want more details on post-World War I adult education in the United States I hear that Malcolm Knowles’ book is very good. ( )