Adult Education 1964-1973: Reflections of a Changing Discipline

Abstract

This study addresses the question: can the adult educator remain currently informed of important concerns and issues in adult education through the pages of Adult Education? The study of Adult Education from 1964 to 1973 was designed to generate infor mation concerning: 1. kinds of articles published; 2. content of articles published; 3. number of articles based on dissertations and theses; 4. contributors of articles; and 5. general trends. One hun dred and sixty-one articles written by 163 different authors were printed during the nine-year period. The articles were character ized by variability according to kind, content and authors. The findings, conclusions and implications are discussed.