Jost Reischmann 
Essential Readings in International and Comparative Adult Education 

Often in international comparative studies, it is difficult to refer to older basic texts because they are hidden in old publications, difficult to locate. This book makes a selection of such old but ‘essential’ texts available and wants to docu-ment the long history of the international/ comparative perspective. ‘Standing on the shoulder of giants’ allows not only a grounded look back but hopefully also a reliable and experience-based look in the future.

The editor of this book, Jost Reischmann, Prof. em., Bamberg University, Germany, has a long history in international and comparative adult education. He presented papers on conferences around the world, from San Diego (USA) to Soul (Korea). When the International Society for Comparative Adult Education (ISCAE) was founded in 1992, he became the first president and developed this society over many years.

We hope this new book will help old-timers and new-comers to contribute to the enriching world of international comparative adult education.

About the author

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.