Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id eBDGVQ903267; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 11:31:26 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 11:31:26 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4c.dfd222e.2768fdbe@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Rmc2km@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:323] Re: questions about purpose X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 109 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 1399 Lines: 32 I would love to give you a little more info on the book. It is divided into three parts: Adult Ed and Work; Adult Ed in Colleges and Universities; Technologies of Practice in Adult Ed. Some highlights: In Chapter 1 - At the Heart of Practice: The Struggle for Knowledge and Power Cervero and Wilson say "this book is premised on the need to see adult education relationally." Some have accesses to a wide range of resources while others do not. Also "Because the question of who should benefit is answered in practice, there can be no politically innocent place for adult educators. At the heart of practice, then, we must clearly understand that every adult educator is a political activist, regardless of his or her particular vision of society." Some of the other chapters revolve around Power within HRD in the workplace, power of discourse - work related learning, Learning Policies on the governmental levels and educational practice. The Power of race and gender; transforming boundaries of power in the classroom, the politics of computer access. One of my favorite chapters was written by Stephen Brookfield and he looks at the use of the discussion group as a place of power and how we as educators can help to create a place that has a more even level of participation going on. I hope that gives you a little more feel for the book. Kate Monaghan UGA Grad Student
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