Introduction. Advancing Adult and Continuing Education Through Critical Conversations and Diverse PerspectivesRobert C. Mizzi, Tonette S. Rocco, M Cecil Smith, Lisa R. Merriweather, and Joshua D. Hawley Part One. Foundations 1. Philosophical Foundations of Adult and Continuing EducationLeodis Scott, Robert C. Mizzi and Lisa R. Merriweather2. History of Adult and Continuing EducationAmy D. Rose 3. Interdisciplinarity in Adult and Continuing EducationRoyce Ann Collins 4. Public Policy and Adult and Continuing EducationElizabeth A. Roumell and Larry G. Martin 5. Lifelong LearningMarcie Boucouvalas 6. Internationalization of Adult and Continuing EducationMary V. Alfred and Shibao Guo Part Two. Understanding Adult Learning 7. Adult LearningColleen Kawalilak and Janet Groen 8. Adult DevelopmentThomas G. Reio Jr. 9. MotivationMargery B. Ginsberg and Raymond J. Wlodkowski 10. Access, Participation, and Support of Adult LearnersDavid Deggs and Ellen Boeren 11. Mentoring in Adult and Continuing EducationGeleana D. Alston and Catherine A. Hansman Part Three. Teaching Practices and Administrative Leadership 12. Organization and Administration of Adult and Continuing Education ProgramsSusan M. Yelich Biniecki and Steven W. Schmidt 13. Program Planning in an Era of "Wicked Problems"Thomas J. Sork 14. Assessment and Evaluation in Adult and Continuing EducationLilian H. Hill 15. Teaching PerspectivesStephen D. Brookfield 16. Pedagogy and Andragogy. Intersection for LearningJerry Bowling and John A. Henschke 17. Adult Learning Through Everyday Engagement With Popular CultureKaela Jubas, Jennifer A. Sandlin, Robin Redmon Wright, and Jake Burdick 18. Digital Technologies for Teaching and LearningElisabeth E. Bennett and Rochell R. McWhorter Part Four. Formal and Informal Learning Contexts 19. The Cost of a Dollars and Cents Rationale for Adult Basic Education PolicyAlisa Belzer and Jeounghee Kim 20. English as a Second LanguageChristy Rhodes and Clea A. Schmidt 21. Family LiteracyEsther Prins, Carol Clymer, Anna Kaiper-Marquez, and Blair Willson Toso 22. Prison EducationDominique T. Chlup 23. Workforce Development. Past, Present, and FutureEllen Scully-Russ and Ximena Vidal De Col 24. Military Education. Evolution and Future DirectionsSarah Cote Hampson and Nancy Taber 25. International Development EducationJill Zarestky, Maren Elfert, and Daniel Schugurensky 26. Health Professions Education and Adult and Continuing Education. Working Collaboratively to Foster Educator DevelopmentBarbara J. Daley and Ronald M. Cervero 27. Continuing Professional EducationMaureen Coady 28. Adult Learners In Higher EducationMatt Bergman 29. Human Resource Development and Workplace LearningHenriette Lundgren and Rob F. Poell 30. Labor Education Programs. Radical Beginnings, McCarthyist Backlash, and the Rise of Neoliberal EducationCorey Dolgon and Reuben Roth 31. Adult Education for Human Florishing. A Religious and Spiritual FrameworkDavin Carr-Chellman, Michael Kroth, and Carol Rogers-Shaw 32. Cultural InstitutionsRobin S. Grenier 33. Adult Environmental EducationPierre Walter 34. Education to Change the World. Learning Within/Through Social MovementsJude Walker and Shauna Butterwick 35. Peace-Building and Conflict Resolution EducationRobin Neustaeter and Jessica Senehi Part Five. Contemporary Issues 36. Decolonizing Adult EducationCindy Hanson and JoAnn Jaffe 37. Adult Education, Welfare, and New Evidence on Helping Low-Income Adults Improve Their SkillsJulie Strawn 38. Activism in/and Struggle. Teaching for a Different WorldDianne Ramdeholl and Rusa Jeremic 39. Sexual Diversity and Allyship in Adult and Continuing EducationMitsunori Misawa and Craig M. McGill 40. Gender and Its Multiple FormsLaura L. Bierema and André P. Grace 41. Adult Education and DisabilityJovita M. Ross-Gordon and Greg Procknow 42. Older Adults. Learning and IdentityKathy D. Lohr, Brian Findsen, and Vivian W. Mott 43. Adult Education and Race. A Critical Race Theory AnalysisLorenzo Bowman and Jeremy Bohonos 44. Working Class, Social Class, and Literacy ClassismJeff Zacharakis, Margaret Becker Patterson, and Allan Quigley 45. Whiteness and PrivilegeElaine Manglitz and Stephen D. Brookfield 46. Migration and Migrant EducationHongxia Shan and Shibao Guo Conclusion. Reflecting on Struggles, Achievements, and Cautions In Complex TimesM Cecil Smith, Robert C. Mizzi, Joshua D. Hawley, Tonette S. Rocco, and Lisa R. Merriweather EpilogueConsiderations of COVID-19 Pandemic and Black Lives MatterJoshua D. Hawley, Lisa R. Merriweather, M Cecil Smith, Robert C. Mizzi, and Tonette S. Rocco Editors Contributors Name Index Subject Index