Mapping out the Research Field of Adult Education and Learning /

This book discusses the current state of the art in research on the education and learning of adults, and how such research has been transformed through contemporary policy and research practices. Gathering contributions from leading experts in the field, the book draws on previous research, as well...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Fejes, Andreas (Editor), Nylander, Erik (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:	1st ed. 2019.
Series:	Lifelong Learning Book Series, 24
Subjects:	Lifelong learning. Adult education. Educational policy. Education and state. Educational sociology . Education and sociology. Learning. Instruction. Lifelong Learning/Adult Education. Educational Policy and Politics. Sociology of Education. Learning & Instruction. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Part 1: Introducing and historicizing the field
Chapter 1: Introduction: Mapping out the Research Field of Adult Education and Learning. Andreas Fejes and Erik Nylander
Chapter 2: Examining the "Weak Field" of Adult Education. Kjell Rubenson and Maren Elfert
Chapter 3: Adult Education Research in Germany: Approaches and Developments. Christine Zeuner
Part 2: Invisible colleges and international recognition
Chapter 4: Exploring the Adult Learning Research Field by Analysing Who Cites Whom. Erik Nylander, Lovisa Österlund and Andreas Fejes
Chapter 5: Invisible Colleges in Research on Adult Learning: A Bibliometric Study on International Scholarly Recognition. Staffan Larsson, Andreas Fejes, Lovisa Österlund and Erik Nylander
Chapter 6: The Politics of Publications and Citations: A Cross Country Comparison. Andreas Fejes and Erik Nylander
Part 3: Research approaches and research objects
Chapter 7: Adult Education and Learning: A pluralistic Research Field? Andreas Fejes and Erik Nylander
Chapter 8: Quantitative Research in Research on the Education and Learning of Adults. Ellen Boeren
Chapter 9: Adult Education Research between Rhizome and Field. Bernd Käpplinger
Part 4: Debating international comparative adult education research
Chapter 10: Revisiting the Debate on International Comparative Adult Education Research. John Field, Klaus Künzel and Michael Schemmann
Chapter 11: Debating (International) Comparative Adult Education Research. Marcella Milana
Chapter 12: A Rejoinder on the Debate on International Comparative Adult Education Research. John Field, Klaus Künzel, Michael Schemmann
Part 5: Looking ahead
Chapter 13: The Research Field of Adult Education and Learning: Widening the Field. Erik Nylander and Andreas Fejes.