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6因有学者批评诺尔斯把成人教育与儿童教育对立起来,忽视了两者的兼容性,所以1980年该书再版时,诺尔斯把书名改为:《现代成人教育实践:从儿童教育学到成人教育学》(The Modern Practice of Adult Education: From Pedagogy to Andragogy).