Constitutive Interplay midst Discourse of East and West: Modernity & Postmodernity Renderings in Adult & Continuing Education. Proceedings of the International Adult & Continuing Education Conference (Seoul, Korea, May 27-28, 1996).

Overview & Synopsis

This document contains 17 papers, organized in three sections, presented at a conference on Eastern and Western adult and continuing education. The following papers are included in Section I, "Ideas and Tasks of Adult Education: Views of East and West": "Imagineries of 'East and West': Slippery Curricular Signifiers in Education" (Ted T. Aoki); "'Learning Perspective' in the Asian Viewpoint" (Kim Shinil); and "Learning to Learn: Western Perspectives" (Gene Roth). The second section, "Constructing Ideas and Tasks of Adult Education: Modernity and Postmodernity Perspectives," contains the following five papers: "Traditional Modernity, Postmodernity, and Communicative Modernity: Related Issues in Constructing Roles and Learning Tasks of Adult Education" (Ramon Flecha);"Conceptualizing Our Work as Adult Educators in a Socially Responsible Way" (Phyllis Cunningham); "Modernity and Postmodernity Related Issues in Developing Ideas and Tasks of Adult Education in Korean Context" (Kyung Hi Kim); "The Post-Modern Condition: Reformulating Adult Education Pedagogy" (Mark Tennant); and "West in East and Vice Versa, or Globalization in Adult Education" (Ki Su Kim). The final section, "Adult Education Programs and Practice: The Case Studies Approach," includes these nine papers: "Center of Research for Education of Adults (CREA): Some Crucial Issues" (Ramon Flecha); "Ideological Space Makers: The Needs in Graduate Programs in Adult Education" (Phyllis Cunningham); "Senior Citizen Education in Korea: Current Status and Demands" (Ki-hyung Hong); "An Afrocentric Feminist Perspective on the Role of Adult Education for Diverse Communities" (Vanessa Sheared); "Adult Retraining in Canada: Some Issues" (Ki Su Kim); "Adult Education for a Multiethnic Community: Japan's Challenge" (Koichi Sasagawa); "Consideration of Selected Influences on Work Place Learning" (Gary Confessore et al.); "A Proposed Historiography of Adult Education" (Glenn Smith); and "Postmodernity and Continuing Education: Becoming Critical Learners" (Barry Down). Contains 19 references. (KC)