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Power in Practice: Adult Education and the Struggle for Knowledge and Power in Society
reviewed by Nancy Fjortoft — 2002 Title: Power in Practice: Adult Education and the Struggle for Knowledge and Power in Society
Author(s): Ronald M. Cervero and Arthur L. Wilson (Editors) Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco ISBN: 0787947296, Pages: 303, Year: 2001 Search for book at Amazon.com It’s all about power. For over 75 years, adult education
has been used by a variety of societal institutions to mold and
fashion how individuals interact with each other and society. What
programs are offered, where they are offered, how they are offered,
who teaches them, and who can and cannot attend are all deeply
meaningful decisions that profoundly affect people and their drive
for a better life.
Cervero and Wilson are seasoned and distinguished practitioners.
They have brought together a variety of different perspectives,
from academics to community activists. Together with their
contributors they examine the complex relationship between the
adult student and the power and politics of practice.
The book has 14 separate and distinct chapters, by almost as
many authors. The chapters range from descriptive studies of HIV
Prevention Education programs to essays on black women’s
survival in higher education. The chapters vary in focus, are well
referenced and documented and, overall, present a very
thought-provoking look at adult education. The book compelled me... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Nancy Fjortoft
Midwestern University E-mail Author Nancy Fjortoft, Ph.D., is Associate Dean and Associate Professor, Chicago College of Pharmacy, Midwestern University. Dr. Fjortoft has focused on adult learners in both her research and her practice. She has presented and published in the areas of adult learning in both education and pharmacy journals, national and international meetings. During the past year she presented a workshop on prior learning assessment at the International Conference on Life-long Learning in Pharmacy in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Recent publications include "Survey of Prior Learning Assessment Practice in Pharmacy Education" in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. She teaches adults in the College’s Nontraditional PharmD. Program.
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