Adult Education, Continuous Learning

Building on recent changes and debates surrounding the use of observation, this fully updated second edition of Classroom Observation explores the ...

This volume brings a variety of perspectives to bear on the issue of how higher education institutions can - or should - choose students during the...

In this refreshing new volume, strategic planning of budget management is looked at with a broad, positive perspective. Whether because of cuts in ...

Argues for the financial backing from governments and industry for adult education and will help adult and community educators draw comparisons bet...

Today, rapid change is a constant challenge in the workplace, and thousands of individuals need to be involved in continuous learning. Traditional ...

This book provides a blueprint for those interested in teaching from a pluralist perspective, regardless of ideology. It provides educators, policy...

The abundant historical research literature on modernisation processes, social change and adult education in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries...

This is the first book to provide a detailed overview and analysis of autodidactism, or self-education. Autodidacts' strong preference for teaching...

Online distance education continues to grow at a fast pace, even outpacing the overall growth of U.S. higher education. Demands for quality are com...

This book contributes to the setting out of a new, better informed and complex basis for discussions about the relationships between the State, the...

This book shares the stories and reflections of 40 foreign-born activists in different European states. The immigrants vividly report on their path...

It is now widely accepted that organizational maturity is dependent on being able to reorganize on a continuous basis and learn faster and more eff...

The essays presented in this issue provide an international overview of military-pedagogical thinking and acting. They reflect the sometimes close ...

This book highlights the issues of access, learning careers and identities in a diverse range of educational settings with diverse groups of adult ...

This is a handbook for anyone considering a career in teaching adults. It offers an essential introduction to what it is like to teach in the secto...

Over the past decade there has been increased interest in teachers’ investigation of their own practice in their classrooms. Practitioner research ...

This new edition (previously entitled "Teaching Using Information and Learning Technology in Further Education") is an up to date resource for trai...

This book contains guidance, support and training materials for those in leadership roles throughout the Lifelong Learning sector. Addressing key a...

`Extremely comprehensive and well written in terms of style – accessible to the reader, but intelligent and expressing some fairly subtle concepts....

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

The Gates Unbarred traces the evolution of University Extension at Harvard from the Lyceum movement in Boston to its creation by the newly appointe...

Participation is a key community work method and this text critically engages with its theoretical and conceptual underpinnings before drawing on i...

Received the ‘highly commended’ award by the Society for Educational Studies for books published in 2010.What is learned in universities today? Is ...