Taxonomies and typologies of adult education
1988
Rachal, J.R.
Because the adult education professional's exposure to the field is often limited to one or just a few of the many aspects of the field of study, there is a continuing need to classify all aspects. The author presents a brief overview of adult education typologies from 1936-1987 and follows with a proposed typology in the content-purpose approach. The label of each category suggests the type of content and the purpose of the form. Using the analogy of a tree, the author has identified and described five areas (limbs) on the adult education tree: liberal, occupational, self-help, compensatory and scholastic. The implications of the typology are primarily organizational with the goal of providing a useful theoretical framework for designing curricula, funding, resource allocation, priority setting and in general providing a broader concept of the adult education field than is often considered.
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