This document contains 24 papers from the 1995 and 1998 International Society for Comparative Adult Education (ISCAE) conferences. The following papers are included: "International and Comparative Adult Education" (Jost Reischmann); "Development and Fundamental Principles of International and Comparative Adult Education" (Joachim H. Knoll); "Comparative Adult Education: Some Reflections on the Process" (Colin J. Titmus); "Standards for Comparative Adult Education Research" (Alexander N. Charters); "Comparative Thinking and the Structures of Adult Cognition: An Epistemological and Methodological Challenge for Comparative Adult Education" (Marcie Boucouvalas); "The End of Ideology and History Debate: Implications for the Philosophy of Comparative Adult Education" (Dilnawaz A. Siddiqui); "Understanding Andragogy in Europe and America: Comparing and Contrasting" (Dusan Savicevic); "Study Circle Topics in Slovenia and Sweden" (Nevenka Bogataj); "Adult Education Policies and Credit Bank Systems for Adult Participation in Korean and U.S. Higher Education" (Eun-Soo Choi); "National Strategies of Adult Education" (Zoran Jelenc); "Methodological Issues in Cross-Cultural Study of Adult's Value System: with Reference to a Comparison between Korea and Australia" (Kwan-Chun Lee); "Adult Learners' Week: Australia and Slovenia: A First Attempt at Comparison" (Roger K. Morris); "World Perspective and Landmarks in Adult Education--A Critical Re-analysis" (Jost Reischmann); "Problems and Pitfalls in Comparative Andragogy: Some Notes on the Research Process in Comparative Historical Studies" (Barry J. Hake); "Indicators of the 'Learning Society': Methodological Aspects of an International Research Project" (Wolfgang Jutte); "Some Questions concerning International Partnership in Comparative Research on Adult Education" (Zoran Jelenc); "Experiencing a Dialogic Approach" (Madeleine Bials); "Translation Difficulties and the Importance of Terminology Work in Comparative Adult Education" (Wolfgang Jutte); "ISCAE--International Society for Comparative Adult Education" (Jost Reischmann); "ESREA--European Society for Research on the Education of Adults" (Barry J. Hake); "CONFINTEA V: A UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization)-Led Conference on Adult Learning in the Perspective on Lifelong Learning" (Paul Belanger); "International Expert Seminar: Methods of Comparative Andragogy" (Margaret Charters); and "International Expert Seminar on Comparative Andragogy" (Margaret Charters). Lists of participants at the two expert seminars are provided. Appended are UNESCO's Hamburg Declaration on Adult Learning and UNESCO Agenda for the Future. (MN)

This volume explores the topics of adult learning and education through the specific lens of comparative research. The book is divided into four chapters each of which comprises an analytical essay followed by an anthology of readings from a selection of key texts. These are chosen to illustrate different conceptual and empirical approaches from varying perspectives in different countries. The book is the second of a series dedicated to adult learning and education and developed under the auspices of the ESRALE (European Studies and Research in Adult Learning and Education) project. Its companion books are: Vanna Boffo, Paolo Federighi, Ekkehard Nuissl, Empirical Research Methodology in Adult Learning and Education- Authors and Texts and Simona Sava, Petr Novotny (eds.), Researches in Adult Learning and Education: The European Dimension.

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Part I of this monograph analyzes the field of comparative adult education, and Part II contains annotations on selected resources considered most relevant to comparative adult education. The resource guide is organized into three major categories, with selected items indicating resources in, and related to, the field of comparative adult education.

How do you tailor education to the learning needs of adults? Do they learn differently from children? How does their life experience inform their learning processes? These were the questions at the heart of Malcolm Knowles’ pioneering theory of andragogy which transformed education theory in the 1970s. The resulting principles of a self-directed, experiential, problem-centred approach to learning have been hugely influential and are still the basis of the learning practices we use today. Understanding these principles is the cornerstone of increasing motivation and enabling adult learners to achieve. The 9th edition of The Adult Learner has been revised to include: Updates to the book to reflect the very latest advancements in the field. The addition of two new chapters on diversity and inclusion in adult learning, and andragogy and the online adult learner. An updated supporting website. This website for the 9th edition of The Adult Learner will provide basic instructor aids including a PowerPoint presentation for each chapter. Revisions throughout to make it more readable and relevant to your practices. If you are a researcher, practitioner, or student in education, an adult learning practitioner, training manager, or involved in human resource development, this is the definitive book in adult learning you should not be without.

Adult and Continuing Education has become a field of action, reflection, and research all over the world. To learn from successful models developed worldwide, this book documents and discusses the progress of comparative adult education - aims, contents, methods, obstacles, and prospects. The first part examines basic questions of comparative adult education. The contributions offer a deeper understanding and include warnings of obstacles and pitfalls. They help to design research by building up on the theoretical framework developed in prior research. The second part presents experiences and «lessons learned», suggesting advice and warnings for successful comparative work. The studies in the third part illustrate research methods as well as topics important to researchers in various regions of the world. Descriptions of international institutions in the last part may assist to use their assistance and services.

Often in international comparative studies, it is difficult to refer to older basic texts because they are hidden in old publications, difficult to locate. This book makes a selection of such old but 'essential' texts available and wants to docu-ment the long history of the international/ comparative perspective. 'Standing on the shoulder of giants' allows not only a grounded look back but hopefully also a reliable and experience-based look in the future. The editor of this book, Jost Reischmann, Prof. em., Bamberg University, Germany, has a long history in international and comparative adult education. He presented papers on conferences around the world, from San Diego (USA) to Soul (Korea). When the International Society for Comparative Adult Education (ISCAE) was founded in 1992, he became the first president and developed this society over many years. We hope this new book will help old-timers and new-comers to contribute to the enriching world of international comparative adult education.