Global Issues and Adult Education: Perspectives from Latin America, Southern Africa, and the United States

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Global Issues and Adult Education: Perspectives from Latin America, Southern Africa, and the United States Sharan B. Merriam, Bradley C. Courtenay, and Ronald M. Cervero (Eds.) San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2006, 560 pages, $48.00 (hardcover)

Global Issues and Adult Education: Perspectives from Latin America, Southern Africa, and the United States is a collection of response papers written by 38 of the 45 Cyril O. Houle Scholars in Adult and Continuing Education identified by the W. K Kellogg Foundation between 1997 and 2006. Those 38 contributing authors sponsored and attended a Global Issues ...

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