Adult Education, Continuous Learning

The American adult education system has become an alternative for school dropouts, with some state welfare policies requiring teen mothers and wom...

The premise that intercultural contact produces intercultural competence underpins much rationalization of backpacker tourism and in-country langua...

This book is about SOARing to Success: a pedagogy that engages individuals in a structured and supported process of personalised learning, leading ...

Exploring how formal and informal education initiatives and training systems in the US, UK and Australia seek to achieve a socially diverse workfor...

This book chronicles the experiences of faculty at predominantly white higher education institutions (PWI) by centering voices of racialized facult...

This book brings together leading scholars in the field to provide insights on economics of education.The book begins with an overview of education...

How do you tailor education to the learning needs of adults? Do they learn differently from children? How does their life experience inform their l...

This book is about SOARing to Success: a pedagogy that engages individuals in a structured and supported process of personalised learning, leading ...

Learning for the Age of Artificial Intelligence is a richly informed argument for curricular change to educate people towards achievement and succe...

This book provides a systematic exploration of family literacy, including its historic origins, theoretical expansion, practical applications withi...

What does ‘local’ mean when it describes a student or an institution of higher education? Holly Henderson explores this question by telling the sto...

Early School Leaving in the European Union provides an analysis of early school leaving (ESL) in nine European Union countries, with a particular f...

This text offers a unique philosophical and historical inquiry into the educational vision of Luis Emilio Recabarren, and his pivotal role in secur...

Rethinking Pedagogy for a Digital Age examines contemporary issues in the design and delivery of effective learning through a critical discussion o...

This book traces the rise and decline of what Theodore Roosevelt once called the "most American thing in America." The Chautauqua movement began in...

This book focuses on the most common areas for improvement in teaching, learning and assessment that are regularly identified in lesson observation...

This book brings together key perspectives from scholars in the Global South and Global North to illustrate diverse ways in which the UN’s Global C...

Decolonising Lifelong Learning in the Age of Transnational Migration examines how colonialism has shaped migration and migrants’ transnational lear...

Colleges and universities across the country face huge challenges as their faculties age, their budgets stagnate, and mandatory retirement becomes ...

This book provides practical guidance for the development and operation of supported education for people with psychiatric disabilities. It's step-...

This book traces the history of adult education in America from its roots in the popular tradition of self-improvement, to present day education ou...

How can universities ensure that they are preparing their students for today's competitive job market?This book tackles the highly topical subject ...

This book explains how information literacy (IL) is essential to the contemporary workplace and is fundamental to competent, ethical and evidence-b...

Work now invariably requires a continual focus on learning: to improve productivity, to enhance the flexibility of employees and to develop and tra...

Drawing on the lived experiences of Black students in adult degree completion programs at predominantly White, Christian institutions in the southe...

This book, first published in 1987, provides a rigorous philosophical analysis of lifelong education. The author presents his arguments simply and ...

Informal Learning at Work reflects the growing interest in changing the way the workplace encourages and enhances learning and professional develop...

This book explains how information literacy (IL) is essential to the contemporary workplace and is fundamental to competent, ethical and evidence-b...

Work now invariably requires a continual focus on learning: to improve productivity, to enhance the flexibility of employees and to develop and tra...

In liberal, democratic and capitalist societies today, we are increasingly invited to disclose our innermost thoughts to others. We are asked to tu...

What happens to young people who are defined as lower attainers or having learning difficulties in a global knowledge economy?How do we stop those ...

Teachers working in Post Compulsory Education are recognised as being subject to a particularly acute set of pressures and challenges. These can in...

Extending the chance for people from diverse backgrounds to participate in Higher Education (HE) is a priority in the UK and many countries interna...

As lifelong learning grows in popularity, few comprehensive pictures of the phenomenon have emerged. The Routledge International Handbook of Lifelo...

With a radically new perspective on reading, writing and mathematics for adults, this refreshing and challenging book shows how teachers and curric...

This edited collection examines the intersections between career guidance, social justice and neo-liberalism. Contributors offer an original and gl...

The rise of Far Right populism poses major challenges for communities, exacerbating divisions, hate speech and hate crime. This book shows how comm...

For those who wish to learn or teach the tools of skillful communication, this book provides concrete insight into what makes a person a successful...

The rise of Far Right populism poses major challenges for communities, exacerbating divisions, hate speech and hate crime. This book shows how comm...

Developing Resilience in FE Teaching explores the essence of resilience and provides practical approaches for working in the Further Education sect...

This book applies and expands upon the concept of the ‘learning conference’ as a site of learning and development, using the paradigm and methodolo...

Originally published in 1991, this book provides the reader with a comprehensive synthesis of developments, issues and practices related to a self-...

In 2015, the Journal of Education for Teaching celebrated 40 years of original contributions on the subject of international teacher education with...

How do you tailor education to the learning needs of adults? Do they learn differently from children? How does their life experience inform their l...

Coaching is one of the best ways to enhance the skills of early childhood practitioners and ensure high‐quality learning experiences for young chil...

Originally published in 1981 this volume provides a detailed analysis of the factors - strategic, pedagogic, operational, organisational and financ...

If there were a bestseller list for practical books relating to behavioural methods of teaching people with learning disabilities, then the works o...

The Literature of Adult Education explores and describes over twelve hundred books in the diverse body of writings on adult education--tracing the ...