Essential Readings in International and Comparative Adult Education: Grundlagen der Weiterbildung

Jost Reischmann (www.jost.reischmannfam.de), Prof. Dr., born 1943, studied Pedagogy, Psychology, and Sociology at the University of Tübingen, Germany. He was chair of Andragogy at Bamberg University, Germany, until his retirement. He has a long history in international and comparative adult education: He was part of the legendary AAACE (American Association for Adult and Comparative Adult Education) - DVV (Deutscher Volkshochschulverband) exchange in the early 1980th. He served as ¿Country Coordinator¿ in Alan Knox¿s collaborative study ¿World Perspective on Adult Education¿ in 1987. In 1988 he published the first English-language book about Adult Education in Germany. In 1992 he became the first president of the International Society for Comparative Adult Education (ISCAE). In 1999 he was inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame and received the ¿Outstanding Service Award¿ from AAACE in 2006. He presented papers at conferences around the world.