Adult and Continuing Education has become a field of action reflection and research all over
the world. To learn from successful models developed worldwide this book documents and
discusses the progress of comparative adult education - aims contents methods obstacles and
prospects. The first part examines basic questions of comparative adult education. The
contributions offer a deeper understanding and include warnings of obstacles and pitfalls. They
help to design research by building up on the theoretical framework developed in prior
research. The second part presents experiences and lessons learned suggesting advice and
warnings for successful comparative work. The studies in the third part illustrate research
methods as well as topics important to researchers in various regions of the world.
Descriptions of international institutions in the last part may assist to use their assistance
and services.
