The power of critical theory: liberating adult learning and teaching

2005 ◽  
Vol 43 (01) ◽  
pp. 43-0448-43-0448
2005 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-68
Author(s):  
Claire Kostopulos Nackoney ◽  
Valmiki Rajbansee ◽  
Tonette S. Rocco ◽  
Suzanne J. Gallagher

2006 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-226
Author(s):  
Petri Salo ◽  
Juha Suoranta

Stephen Brookfield tunnetaan Suomessa ehkä parhaiten 1980-luvulla julkaistuista kirjoistaan Adult Learners, Adult Education and the Community ja Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning. Hänelle on myönnetty neljästi Pohjois-Amerikassa korkealle arvostettu Cyril O. Houle -palkinto korkeatasoisen aikuiskasvatuskirjallisuuden julkaisemisesta. Myös hänen viimeisin kirjansa The Power of Critical Theory: Liberating Adult Learning and Teaching (2005) voitti kyseisen palkinnon. Tapasimme Stephen Brookfieldin maaliskuussa 2006 Minneapolis-St. Paulin kaksoiskaupungissa, jossa hän toimii St. Thomasin yliopiston ansioituneena yliopistoprofessorina (Distinguished University Professor). Stephen Brookfieldin ajatuksia medialukutaidosta sisältyy edellä olevaan Juha Suorannan artikkeliin.


Author(s):  
Ludmila Babajeva

<p>Due to the adult learning theory transition from cognitive to comprehensive aspects, this article analyses contemporary theoretical notions about adult’s learning. In order to characterise the modern view on adult, the most recent insights into the education of whole adult person (P. Jarvis), three dimensions of learning (K.Illeris) and the critical theory contribution (S.D. Brookfield) will be discussed. All of mentioned, globally-renowned theorists are of the same opinion and contribute to the general adult learning theory – P. Jarvis pictures the learning process from a viewpoint of a human as holistic organism, K.Illeris develops his theory in relation to the pedagogical conditions of learning, whereas Brookfield discusses an adult in the context of social, political and democratic concept.</p>


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