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This reflective essay is based on my contribution to the closing panel of the 2016 Adult Education Research Conference (AERC) in which we were tasked to reflect on the conference and share insights on how we draw tomorrow's blueprint for adult education from today's inkwell. My reflections are based on a selection of papers from the conference which I read and the sessions I attended. The basis for my comments, like that for any reflections, is selective, partial, and biased toward my interests in the radical adult education tradition which I define very broadly to include those within the field who are explicitly dedicated to investigating, promoting and engaging in adult education for progressive, social democratic, or socialist transformation.

This reflective essay is based on my contribution to the closing panel of the 2016 Adult Education Research Conference (AERC) in which we were tasked to reflect on the conference and share insights on how we draw tomorrow's blueprint for adult education from today's inkwell. My reflections are based on a selection of papers from the conference which I read and the sessions I attended. The basis for my comments, like that for any reflections, is selective, partial, and biased toward my interests in the radical adult education tradition which I define very broadly to include those within the field who are explicitly dedicated to investigating, promoting and engaging in adult education for progressive, social democratic, or socialist transformation.

This paper argues that the leitmotif of Gramsci's theory and practice was the political independence of the working class. The centrality of pedagogy in this leitmotif is captured by Gramsci's concept of catharsis.

This review analyzes perspectives on globalization within radical adult education focusing on how perspectives of the globalization process affect people's understanding of the nature and agents of social change. It argues that new movements move us beyond the limits in current globalization perspectives.

Designed as an alternative introduction to the field, covering the traditional topics of adult learning, adult development, program planning, training, teaching, and research