Epistemologies and Ethics in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning (eBook)

Abstract 6
Contents 7
1: Epistemologies and Ethics in Lifelong Learning: Introduction and Overview 9
The Argument Developed in this Work 12
Overview of the Book 14
References 34
2: Adult Education and Lifelong Learning in Modernity 35
Lifelong Learning as a Cultural Movement 36
The Contemporary Cultural Context of Lifelong Learning and Its Importance 49
References 59
3: Epistemologies and Ethics in Lifelong Learning 69
Epistemologies in the Lifelong Learning Movement 70
Ethics in the Lifelong Learning Movement 82
References 90
4: Disciplinary Epistemology and Ethics in Lifelong Learning 94
Disciplinary Knowledge as Informative Truths About the World 94
Ethical Reason 104
Disciplinary Epistemology in Lifelong Learning Practice and Scholarship 110
Critique of Disciplinary Lifelong Learning 122
Concluding Thoughts 126
References 126
5: Developmental Epistemology and Ethics in Lifelong Learning 133
Developmental Knowledge as Informing Individual and Cultural Development 133
Ethical Humanism 142
Developmental Epistemology in Lifelong Learning Practice and Scholarship 149
Critique of Developmental Lifelong Learning 154
Concluding Thoughts 159
References 159
6: Emancipatory Epistemology and Ethics in Lifelong Learning 166
Emancipatory Knowledge as Liberatory 166
Transformative Ethics 175
Emancipatory Epistemology in Lifelong Learning Practice and Scholarship 180
Critique of Emancipatory Lifelong Learning 186
Concluding Thoughts 188
References 189
7: Design Epistemology and Ethics in Lifelong Learning 195
Design Knowledge as Informing Procedural Efficacy 195
Accommodative Ethics 200
Design Epistemology in Lifelong Learning Practice and Scholarship 205
Critique of Design Lifelong Learning 217
Concluding Thoughts 223
References 224
8: An Emergent Reflexive Epistemology in Lifelong Learning 233
The Changing Cultural Context 234
The Formation of a Reflexive Epistemology 239
A Reflexive Epistemology 243
References 253
9: An Indicative Ethic of Authenticity in Lifelong Learning 258
Some Backgrounding Reflections 259
An Ethic of Authenticity 265
Lifelong Learning Through a Reflexive Epistemology and Ethic 283
Reflection 287
References 290
10: In Reflection: A Postscript 296
References 299
References 300
Index 337