Jarvis 1990

Jarvis, Peter. 1990.An international dictionary of adult and continuing education. New York: Routledge. 372 pages. 0415024218. Author is Academic Coordinator of the Adult Education Division, Department of Educational Studies, and Senior Lecturer in the Education of Adults, University of Surrey. Authored numerous books on adult education, including Adult Learning in the Social Context, which won the 1988 Cyril O. Houle World Prize on Literature in Adult Education. Location: Dallas SIL Library. Interest level: general.

Is a standard reference on adult education. Includes over 5,000 references to

• historical and contemporary figures
• organizations
• movements, and
• concepts in adult and continuing education.

Is combined into one volume for the first time. Offers relevant information on adult and continuing education to meet increasing demands for and complexity of this discipline around the world. Views education as a single field with many elements and forms, rather than many separate fields.

Uses terms from the social science disciplines because education uses their knowledge bases. Records information, broadly and internationally, from the wider world of adult and continuing education to compare and learn from the practice of education. Includes expressions and titles in the people's first language to overcome spelling problems.

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