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Re: [xmca] Identifying the Top Studies : adult learning



Laure

I agree with Peter re: Adult Learning being a very broad concept so it
might help to narrow it down - perhaps  give us a clue about what context
you are interested in, for example, professional learning, work and
learning, identity work, etc.

In addition to the books mentioned by Helena, here are some of my
favorites....

Finger, M., & Ausan, J.M (2001) Adult education at the crossroads: Learning
our way out
Sawchuk, P. (2003) Adult learning and technology in working class life
Horton, M., Kohl, & Kolh (1998) The long haul: An autobiography (of Myles
Horton)
Horton, M. & Freire (1990) We make the road by walking: Conversations on
education and social change
Illich, I (1983) De-schooling society (not within the last 20 years, but I
think Illich's wisdom should be reconsidered in light of the explosion of
 ICT since he wrote this)
Billett, Fenwick, & Somerville (2006) Work, subjectivity, and learning:
Understanding learning through working life

ps Newman's  Maeler’s Regard is excellent!

also you may want to check out this website: http://www.infed.org/

I'd love if you would compile a bibliography and share with the list....

good luck

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 5:48 AM, Peter Smagorinsky <smago@uga.edu> wrote:

> Adult Learning is a pretty broad construct. In everyday learning, there's
> Everyday Cognition edited by Lave and Rogoff, and probably other similar
> volumes.
> There are a whole lot of books about people learning about how to teach,
> although most focus on college students learning a profession--are they
> adults?
> There's also a whole field of learning in the disciplines (academic
> disciplines) and professions. There's a free such volume at
> http://wac.colostate.edu/books/textual_dynamics/
> Again, though, it all depends on what you consider to be an adult, and
> what sort of learning you're interested in.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On
> Behalf Of mike Cole
> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 11:01 PM
> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> Cc: laure.kloetzer@gmail.com; eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> Subject: Re: [xmca] Identifying the Top Studies : adult learning
>
> Would it be possible and /interesting to put ip briefesh "Anotated bib"
> for this set of favorites . I do not know anything about sow of them so
> that naming does help.
> Probably same for Sheriif and Sheriif.
> .
> Mike
>
> On May 13, 2012, at 5:12 PM, Helena Worthen <helena.worthen@berkeley.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > I'd vote for Knud Illeris's Adult Education as well as his Contemporary
> Theories of Learning: Learning theorists in their own words.  You probably
> started with Paulo Freire, right? And of course Kohl's book, The Long Haul,
> co-written by the two of them, about Myles Horton, the American Freire. And
> there are a number of good books by Canadians, including Peter Sawchuk and
> David Livingstone's Hidden Knowledge.
> >
> > Helena
> >
> >
> > Helena Worthen
> > helena.worthen@berkeley.edu
> > 21 San Mateo Road
> > Berkeley, CA 94707
> > Visiting Scholar, UCB Center for Labor Research and Education
> > 510-828-2745
> >
> > On May 13, 2012, at 2:56 PM, Laure Kloetzer wrote:
> >
> >> I would like to extend Mike's question, as I am beginning a research
> >> on the psychology of learning (adult learning). Which books/papers
> >> would you consider remarkable regarding adult learning in the past 20
> years ?
> >> Best regards,
> >> LK
> >>
> >> 2012/5/10 Cathrene Connery <cconnery@ithaca.edu>
> >>
> >>> Gordon Wells' Meaning Makers was also highly significant.
> >>>
> >>> Dr. Cathrene Connery
> >>> Assistant Professor of Education
> >>> Ithaca College
> >>> Department of Education
> >>> 194B Phillips Hall Annex
> >>> 953 Danby Road
> >>> Ithaca, New York 13850
> >>> Cconnery@ithaca.edu
> >>>
> >>> On May 10, 2012, at 5:56 AM, Peter Smagorinsky <smago@uga.edu> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Heath's Ways with Words would be near the top of my list.
> >>>>
> >
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