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Direct linkBrookfield, Stephen – Open University Press, 2005
This major contribution to the literature on adult education provides adult educators with an accessible overview of critical theory's central ideas. Using many direct quotes from the theorists' works, the author shows how critical theory can illuminate the everyday practices of adult educators and help them make some sense of the dilemmas,…
Descriptors: Democracy, Adult Learning, Critical Theory
