This volume brings together 37 authors from 14 countries to examine how the social purposes of adult education are (re)interpreted across time and contexts—from the Global North to the Global South. Inspired by the inclusive, post-colonial vision of Lalage Bown
Comparative Adult Education and Learning: Authors and Texts explores adult learning and education through a comparative research lens. It’s structured in two parts across four chapters: first, an analytical essay examining theoretical foundations and methods of comparison, followed by an anthology of key texts from diverse countries that illustrate varying perspectives, theories, and approach…
This chapter introduces the work of Lalage Bown: a highly influential practitioner, researcher and activist who was passionately committed to the role which adult education could play in supporting social justice aims. The four main themes of the book are outlined: adult education and social justice; decolonisation, post-colonialism and indigenous knowledge; from literacy to lifelong learni…