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Adult education, like other fields of study, makes use of a wide and changing range of concepts. In this paper, some 40 odd concepts which are considered to be ‘key’ to an understanding of the field are identified. They are then analysed as a group in terms of their relation to time, space,policy,theory and ideals; and their exhibition of tensions,competition and multiple dimensions. The analytical frameworks offered by underlying social variables, organisational levels and educational linkages are also considered.Finally,somesuggestions are made regarding the possible future development of concepts in adult education.
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Malcolm Tight (1996) studied this question.
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