Adult Education, Continuous Learning

A superb, substantive book and one that should cause us to thinkabout the learning society and how we are going to plan for it nowand in the future...

If you have ever found yourself frustrated by the lack of printed materials for ideas to be used in conducting classes or activities with older adu...

The book provides a historical overview of adult literacy theory, policy, practice, and research from the mid-1980s to the present. The main focus ...

Adult ESL/Literacy from the Community to the Community: A Guidebook for Participatory Literacy Training tells the story of a university-community c...

Adult education occurs whenever individuals engage in sustained, systematic learning in order to affect changes in their attitudes, knowledge, skil...

The Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research Policy, and Practice, Volume 4 is the newest addition to a series of annual publicat...

This special issue is a snapshot of current research in this area, showing many of the issues encountered, the methods employed, and the limitation...

This book has more ideas on how to add involvement in learning than any one trainer could ever use. Your students and workshop participants will in...

After more than a century of being undervalued, further education has been thrust into the limelight. How have the colleges fared? How have they be...

In this updated version of her landmark book Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach, celebrated adult educator Jane Vella revisits her twelve princi...

During the 1980s and 1990s the elaboration of a reformed system of vocational qualifications was perhaps the most controversial of all the governme...

This creative and pioneering book adapts and extAnds the transformation theory of adult learning to the professional development of adult educators...

Does the capacity to learn increase or decrease over time? How does the sense of self and identity change over the adult years? What are the educat...

Presenting numerous activities--for both individuals and groups--designed to foster self-knowledge and growth in teaching, the authors examine the ...

A lively, step-by-step approach to training the trainers of adults. Using numerous examples from a variety of settings, author Jane Vella compels i...

The Report of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education chaired by Sir Ron Dearing was published in July 1997. It represents the firs...

Jerold W. Apps draws on twenty-five years of experience researching and teaching leadership and leadership development to provide adult educators w...

The Bases of Competence explains what skills and competencies students need to succeed in today's workplace and details how colleges and universiti...

"This book is refreshingly personal and studded with insightful case study examples. It is a timely and major contribution to the literature of adu...

After more than a century of being undervalued, further education has been thrust into the limelight. How have the colleges fared? How have they be...

During the 1980s and 1990s the elaboration of a reformed system of vocational qualifications was perhaps the most controversial of all the governme...

First Published in 1993. A quiet but profound revolution in the design and delivery of learning opportunities for adults and in the accrediation of...

The Report of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education chaired by Sir Ron Dearing was published in July 1997. It represents the firs...

This book makes an important contribution to understanding the political, social and educational impact of assessment. Using a multi-layered approa...

This book makes an important contribution to understanding the political, social and educational impact of assessment. Using a multi-layered approa...

Responding to the emerging needs of lifelong learners arguably represents one of the most fundamental challenges facing higher education systems of...

What does mentoring really mean? What can be achieved through mentor relationships?This timely book examines one of the fastest growing social move...

Responding to the emerging needs of lifelong learners arguably represents one of the most fundamental challenges facing higher education systems of...

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

Globally two processes are striking about modern management education. Firstly, management education is changing rapidly to meet new challenges fro...

Higher education in the 1990s is characterised by a pre-occupation with quality assurance. This book provides an examination of what that means for...

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

Economic globalization, modern transportation, and advanced communication technologies have greatly enhanced the mobility of people across nationa...

With a focus on lifelong learning, this book examines the shifts that UNESCO’s educational concepts have undergone in reaction to historical pressu...

A comprehensive exploration of technology's role in adult learning Technology and Innovation in Adult Learning introduces educators and students to...

Written to assist those seeking to understand the key global drivers, and an overview of key challenges facing senior leaders and managers today, t...

Social Justice, Transformation and Knowledge: Policy, Workplace Learning and Skills examines the policy contexts in which lifelong learning, vocat...

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

This book brings together social semiotics, cultural studies, multiliteracies, and other approaches in order to theorize very different learning en...

First published in 1970, this book considers the alleged distinction between ‘education for life’ and ‘education for work’ and exposes the fallacie...

Written specifically for Education Studies students, this accessible text offers a clear introduction to lifelong learning and the impact it has on...

Your hands-on guide to teaching adults. . . no matter what the subject In this expanded edition of How to Teach Adults, Dan Spalding offers practi...

This unique text provides a valuable route map to the development of thinking in adult education and lifelong learning. It includes more than twent...

First published in 1970, this book considers the alleged distinction between ‘education for life’ and ‘education for work’ and exposes the fallacie...

This volume revisits, problematizes, and expands the meaning of quality in the context of adult basic education. Covering a wide range of relevant ...

Understanding the origins of poor literacy and numeracy skills in adulthood and how to improve them is of major importance when society places a hi...

Both interest in and understanding of narrative analysis had developed rapidly in recent years and is now a mainstream element of research across m...