Reality and Research in Adult Education: Do Opposites Really Attract?.

Dean, Gary J.

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Publication Date: 1999

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Reality and Research in Adult Education: Do Opposites Really Attract?

Dean, Gary J.

PAACE Journal of Lifelong Learning, v8 p21-30 1999

Current adult education research does not meet the field's needs because of constraints of university status, prevalence of the humanistic model, fragmentation, and other issues. Solutions include broadening inquiry, developing multiple perspectives, and changing how research is taught. (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Research, Higher Education, Research Utilization, Theory Practice Relationship

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Language: English

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Note: Journal availability: Pennsylvania Assn. for Adult and Continuing Education, P.O. Box 3796, Harrisburg, PA 17105-3796.