Key themes of this environmental education issue are summarized: critical, spiritual, and experiential frameworks of learning; globalization and environmental oppressions; ecological language and literacy; and environmental activism. Annotations of six additional readings are provided. (SK)

Describes behavioral patterns and learning processes that illustrate the function and nature of learning during the inventive process. Presents a learning process that describes this adult learning project. (JOW)

Beyond the limits of a conventional, administrative task-oriented approach to leadership, a view of adult/continuing education leadership in terms of the role of teacher can strengthen personal and organizational learning. (SK)

A complete theory of adult learning must take into consideration the learner, learning process, and context. Andragogy, self-directed learning, consciousness, critical theory, feminism, transformational learning, and situated cognition contribute to understanding of this complex phenomenon. (SK)

Action science focuses on unexamined beliefs that drive action, evaluating behavior for consistency and validity against beliefs and meaning systems. One goal is to move from single-loop to double-loop learning. Critical issues include its seemingly therapeutic nature, the problem of free and informed choice, and facilitator competence. (SK)

Organizations learn when they embed new practices and values and make real changes. Organizational learning must address group tendencies toward helplessness and conformity. Individuals still bear responsibility for monitoring what is learned. (SK)

The "portable skills" developed through the process of learning in the humanities enhance the individual in all life roles and have particular applicability in the workplace. (JOW)

The lukasa, an African mnemonic device, illustrates the way in which individual meaning-making enables adults to interpret and shape organizational meaning-making. This may be limited by power abuses, lack of learning skills or developmental capacity, and the changing social contract. (SK)