Al Lauzon
Biographic Data
| ID | 6299574 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Al Lauzon |
| FAMILY NAME | Al Lauzon |
| SIGNATURE | AL LAUZON |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Guelph |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From agricultural extension to capacity development
This essay argues that capacity development is a response to changes in the organization and practice of agricultural extension as these changes have excluded small resource farmers. In this essay I trace the changes in the organization of agricultural extension through to the emergence of the concept and practice of capacity development. The idea of capacity development is then examined as presented in the existing literature where it is conclud…
The changing nature of graduate education
Universities and graduate education are increasingly viewed as part of the emerging lifelong learning and education system and we see the evidence of this as the average age of graduate students increases. We are also seeing an increasing emphasis on education for employment in the lifelong learning and education literature, and this discourse is now infiltrating universities and graduate education; graduate education is increasingly referred to …
In search of a future
This paper takes as its starting point the acceptance of Lauzon's (1998) premise that we are currently engaged in a worldwide shift in meaning‐making. The world is no longer served by the dominant means of making meaning ‐‐ rational‐logic. In fact, only the interests of a few are served by rational‐logic. This, it is argued, is being replaced by vision‐logic and vision‐logic is associated with a deepening spirituality. This means that if adult ed…
Adult education and the human journey
This paper begins by stating that adult education is facing two challenges. First, adult educators need to help people learn to live in harmony with the environment. Second, adult education must assist people in identifying ways to live peacefully with diversity. It is then argued that currently the field of adult education is characterized by a tension between those who subscribe to the professionalization of adult education and those who subscr…
Adult education and the human journey
This paper begins by stating that adult education is facing two challenges. First, adult educators need to help people learn to live in harmony with the environment. Second, adult education must assist people in identifying ways to live peacefully with diversity. It is then argued that currently the field of adult education is characterized by a tension between those who subscribe to the professionalization of adult education and those who subscr…
From agricultural extension to capacity development
This essay argues that capacity development is a response to changes in the organization and practice of agricultural extension as these changes have excluded small resource farmers. In this essay I trace the changes in the organization of agricultural extension through to the emergence of the concept and practice of capacity development. The idea of capacity development is then examined as presented in the existing literature where it is conclud…
The changing nature of graduate education
Universities and graduate education are increasingly viewed as part of the emerging lifelong learning and education system and we see the evidence of this as the average age of graduate students increases. We are also seeing an increasing emphasis on education for employment in the lifelong learning and education literature, and this discourse is now infiltrating universities and graduate education; graduate education is increasingly referred to …
In search of a future
This paper takes as its starting point the acceptance of Lauzon's (1998) premise that we are currently engaged in a worldwide shift in meaning‐making. The world is no longer served by the dominant means of making meaning ‐‐ rational‐logic. In fact, only the interests of a few are served by rational‐logic. This, it is argued, is being replaced by vision‐logic and vision‐logic is associated with a deepening spirituality. This means that if adult ed…
In search of a future
This paper takes as its starting point the acceptance of Lauzon's (1998) premise that we are currently engaged in a worldwide shift in meaning‐making. The world is no longer served by the dominant means of making meaning ‐‐ rational‐logic. In fact, only the interests of a few are served by rational‐logic. This, it is argued, is being replaced by vision‐logic and vision‐logic is associated with a deepening spirituality. This means that if adult ed…
Adult education and the human journey
This paper begins by stating that adult education is facing two challenges. First, adult educators need to help people learn to live in harmony with the environment. Second, adult education must assist people in identifying ways to live peacefully with diversity. It is then argued that currently the field of adult education is characterized by a tension between those who subscribe to the professionalization of adult education and those who subscr…
The changing nature of graduate education
Universities and graduate education are increasingly viewed as part of the emerging lifelong learning and education system and we see the evidence of this as the average age of graduate students increases. We are also seeing an increasing emphasis on education for employment in the lifelong learning and education literature, and this discourse is now infiltrating universities and graduate education; graduate education is increasingly referred to …
From agricultural extension to capacity development
This essay argues that capacity development is a response to changes in the organization and practice of agricultural extension as these changes have excluded small resource farmers. In this essay I trace the changes in the organization of agricultural extension through to the emergence of the concept and practice of capacity development. The idea of capacity development is then examined as presented in the existing literature where it is conclud…
Sociology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Adult education (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Adult and Continuing Education Topics (1 work) · African cultural and philosophical studies (1 work)