This compedium volume summarizes a study on the characteristics and underlying assumptions of education beyond schools. The three chapters in Part I present a method for analyzing and comparing 10 distinct approaches to out-of-school education and demonstrate the important kinds of generalizations this method can generate. Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 describes the methodology developed to analyze the broad range of data. The framework for the 10 essays upon which the study is based is detailed. Chapter 3 presents the results of the analysis across the 10 approaches. Similarities and differences are highlighted, and some basic characteristics of nonschool education are suggested. Part II consists of 10 chapters describing each approach. Each essay is organized around four components: description of the approach, pervasive themes, social change and learning theories, and delivery variables. Within the approaches, 20 subsets are identified and treated as separate units. Suggested resources--bibliography, journals, and resource centers--conclude each essay. These 10 approaches are described: nonformal education, education for community development, appropriate technology, educational innovation in the workplace, human services, community legal education, self-help groups, museum education, community education, and adult basic and continuing education. (YLB)