Offers an overview of the field and discusses employment outlook, career advancement, educational requirements, and salary opportunities.

"Adult education is a multi-billion-dollar endeavor across the globe; however, there has never been a book that focused solely on careers in adult education. Indeed, adult education faculty typically can only discuss a fraction of the options available during introductory classes and advising sessions with students, and other existing books address traditional faculty career pathways and careers in student affairs and higher education administration. Career Pathways in Adult Education aggregates and draws out the competencies and possibilities for a satisfying career in the wide-ranging field of adult education. Along with practical advice for launching and advancing a career in adult education, this book includes personal stories and insights from adult education professionals which focus on the research, practices, programs, and services within multiple industries. Divided into two sections, the book begins by examining practical, transferable skills that adult educators need to be successful in any adult education career. Chapters in the second section focus on specific career opportunities for those with adult education backgrounds, including discussions around career lifecycle from entry to advancement, career development, and future trends. Written by active practitioners in adult education and adjacent fields, chapters are designed to be practical, informative, and thought-provoking regarding career entry, progression, development, and advancement. A truly one-of-a-kind text, Career Pathways in Adult Education is the ideal companion for students and professionals looking to transition into adult education as well as graduate program administrators who wish to learn the importance of their programs"--

"This book advances a framework, a process and meaningful approaches for assessing and evaluating adult learning in career and technical education (CTE"--Provided by publisher.

This book offers a new and promising way to support adults in Adult Basic Education (ABE) and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) programs specifically, and learners in adult education, in general. Applying renowned Harvard University psychologist Robert Kegan's constructive-development theory, Drago-Severson depicts an in-depth investigation into how and why adults develop "ways of knowing" to better prepare them for their work in the 21st century. This book provides practical suggestions for applying Kegan's theory in adult education classrooms to enable teachers, curriculum developers, program designers, and policymakers to better respond to adult learners' strengths and learning needs.