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A Critical Theory of Adult and Community Education

A Critical Theory of Adult and Community Education

Stephen Brookfield
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781466621817|ISBN10: 1466621818|EISBN13: 9781466621824
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2181-7.ch010
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Brookfield, Stephen. "A Critical Theory of Adult and Community Education." Handbook of Research on Technologies for Improving the 21st Century Workforce: Tools for Lifelong Learning, edited by Viktor Wang, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 141-156. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2181-7.ch010

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Brookfield, S. (2013). A Critical Theory of Adult and Community Education. In V. Wang (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Technologies for Improving the 21st Century Workforce: Tools for Lifelong Learning (pp. 141-156). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2181-7.ch010

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Brookfield, Stephen. "A Critical Theory of Adult and Community Education." In Handbook of Research on Technologies for Improving the 21st Century Workforce: Tools for Lifelong Learning, edited by Viktor Wang, 141-156. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2181-7.ch010

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Abstract

Critical theory is one of the most influential theoretical frameworks influencing scholarship within the field of adult and community education. This chapter outlines what constitute the chief elements of critical theory using Horkheimer’s (1937/1995) classic essay as a touchstone for this analysis. It argues for a set of adult learning tasks that are embedded in this analysis and that apply both to formal adult education settings and informal learning projects carried out in communities. Future likely trends are the extension of critical theory’s unit of analysis to include race, class, gender, disability and sexual identity, and critical analysis of digital technologies.

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