Adult Education and Continuous Learning Books

This book offers educational and psychological perspectives to inform practice and increase options in addressing conflict situations. The first part of the book helps the educator understand the reasons for resistance and ways to prevent it. The second...

With increased economic globalization, the way societies value non-traditional learning is changing. This text studies adult and experiential learning (APEL), the authors highlighting APEL's essential role in the adaptation of higher education to the...

This practical, fully illustrated manual is packed with easy-to-run, fun activities for individuals and groups of people with intellectual disabilities who may be at risk of boredom and under-achievement. Recognising the extra restrictions which the...

This book is appropriate for anyone who wishes to maintain their practice in accordance with the Professional Standards for Teachers and Trainers in Education and Training. However, the process of gaining QTLS was redesigned in 2020 after this book was...

This text is an introduction to learning and teaching in the post compulsory sector. Those training to teach in the sector need to understand learning and learners in PCET. This text goes further than other texts in its exploration of the sector. It...

"Anyone who reads this book for personal reasons or adopts it for his or her school will soon discover the wealth of information it contains." -Dr. Carol A. Mullen, Editor, The Mentoring and Tutoring Journal "This book is thorough, informative, helpful,...

This essential resource helps educators tackle the most common and challenging dilemmas that arise in today's classroom - such as diversity, privilege, and intersectionality. This book examines common challenges that arise for educators teaching social...

Are you preparing for Apprenticeship End Point Assessment? This book is an essential guide for apprentices and their trainers. It supports you to prepare for the Gateway and get ready for your EPA. It helps you to make sense of EPA and to understand the...

As the number of higher education (HE) courses offered in further education (FE) settings increases, so does the need for teachers and trainee teachers to develop their teaching skills. This text is written for all teachers and trainee teachers in FE. It...

Achieving your Diploma in Teaching (FE & Skills) Putting theory into practice for the qualification or apprenticeship If you are training to be a professional teacher in the further education and skills sector, this book is your starting point. The...

Thanks to your graduate training in psychology you have the skills to do great work in fields such as public policy, education, healthcare, and business. But to make a successful transition into non-academic employment, the right mindset is essential. In...

Written by bestselling author Ann Gravells, this is the complete go-to guide for anyone wanting to be (or working as) a teacher or trainer in the further education and skills sector, in the UK and beyond. It has all the information you need to work...

Written by bestselling author Ann Gravells, this is the complete go-to guide for anyone wanting to be (or working as) a teacher or trainer in the further education and skills sector, in the UK and beyond. It has all the information you need to work...

This book brings together new scholarship that expands and refines the concept of self-authorship across cultures. It adopts a constructive-developmental approach to self-evolution that emphasizes the interaction of personal characteristics and...

Who am I? What do I want in relationships? How do I know what to believe? How do I manage the stresses of living?This is a guide to addressing life's challenges and competing demands.

Originally published in 1987 this book addresses practical issues in the education of adults in the USA but also encompasses theoretical and abstract ideas. There are chapters on 20th century initiatives in American adult education as well as education...

Originally published in 1988 this book examines the work of the first generation adult education theorists and the traditions that their work helped establish. They debated the issues, aims and content of adult education programmes and began to explore...

This book critically explores the role of state schooling in the reproduction of social class inequalities in the UK. By uniquely combining critical ethnographic methods with participatory and visual research, it foregrounds the experiences and...

This volume provides an in-depth, qualitative exploration of familial entrepreneurship as an innovative employment model, being established by families in response to difficulties faced by individuals with developmental disabilities in entering the labor...