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Acknowledgements and Dedication Preface 1. The Current Crisis in AdultEducation: Obsession with Technique and Shortfalls in Practice i.Fixation on Technique ii. Erosion of Autonomous and Community Interestsiii. The Trappings: Co-optation and Consensus iv. Professionalisation,the Cult of Efficiency and Mandatory Continuing Education 2. OnContemporay Practice and Research: Self-Directed Learing to CriticalTheory i. Focus on the Learner: Self-Directed Learning ii. Research toPractice in Adult Education 3. Adult Education as Vocation: Role of theAdult Educator i. Retrieving a Sense of Mission ii. The Issue ofCompetence iii. Friends Educating Friends iv. Theories of ActionPerspectives v. Making Music Together 4. Addressing Needs, ProgramDesign and Evaluation i. Assessing Needs ii. Program Planning iii.Program Evaluation 5. The Critical Turn: Re-viewingProfessionalisation, Training and the Problem of Competence i.Professionalisation or Professionalism? ii. Training iii. The Problemof Competence 6. Adult Life-World Concerns and Protection of theCommons i. Questioning the Taken-for-Granted 7. Critical AdultEducation: Outlines of a Transformative Pedagogy i. Constituencies of aTransformative Pedagogy ii. The Promise and Limitations of CriticalTheory iii. Alternatives to a Non-Critical Practice ConclusionBibliography Index.