Synopses & Reviews
This book focuses on two of the most cited figures in the debate on radical education, Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) and Paulo Freire (1921-1997). Both regarded forms of adult education as having an important role to play in the struggle for liberation from oppression. Peter Mayo examines the extent to which their combined insights can provide the foundation for a theory of transformative adult education. He considers their respective contributions to the development of such a theory, analyzes their ideas comparatively and identifies some of the limitations in their work for incorporation into a theory. The book concludes with a major synthesis of their ideas in the context of other adult educators' more recent contributions in order to develop a theory of transformative adult education.
Review
This concise book should be read by anyone who views transformative adult education as an important but continually contested terrain of empowerment...
Adult Education Quarterly
About the Author
Peter Mayo is Lecturer in the Department of Foundations in Education, University of Malta.
Table of Contents
Introduction * Antonio Gramsci and Adult Education * Paulo Freire and Adult Education * A Comparative Analysis of Gramsci and Freire with respect of Adult Education * Some of the Limitations in Gramsci and Freire for a Contemporary Project * A Gramscian-Freireian Synthesis and Beyond * Conclusion: When Might it Work? Transformative Adult Education in Context