Adult Education in Libraries, Museums, Parks, and Zoos: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, Number 127

by Edward W. Taylor

On any given week millions of adults around the world can be found gathering in libraries, parks, zoos, arboretums, and museums in person or online. These cultural institutions are seen as repositories of knowledge and collections of a community's cultural or natural heritage. However, they are much more. They are structures that promote cognitive change: commons, places of community outside of home and work, where individuals and groups gather to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470952083
• ISBN13: 9780470952085
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.9"