Adult Education and Continuous Learning Books

This book examines the development of British post-Second World War short-term residential adult education, through the lens of the Shropshire Adult Education College (1948-1976) and the tenure of Sir George Trevelyan as its first warden. Trevelyan is...

This book presents the most comprehensive discussion of emerging trends in higher education in the Asia Pacific, ranging from graduate attributes to integrated workplace learning, with an in-depth focus on work readiness, employability and career...

This book presents a collection of chapters-both empirical and conceptual-that challenge existing paradigms of learning and teaching, provides examples of pedagogical spaces and practices that nurture future-oriented learners, explicates identities and...

The volume comprises a variety of research approaches that seek to explore and understand employees' learning and development through and for work. Working life reveals challenges through technological, economic and societal development that can only...

This book is based on the Life Design paradigm and discusses the efforts made to overcome the matching paradigm between individuals and their work contexts, in order to guarantee the adoption of an active role for future career planning. Starting from...

This edited collection offers a unique multidisciplinary perspective into the many factors that go into designing, facilitating, expanding, and assessing experiential learning (EL) from the perspective of faculty and staff educators. The editor and...

This book examines how educational practice can be improved through practice-focused educational research. The editors and contributors explore the issues involved in breaking down boundaries between educational research and practice - research often...

This book explores European governance and policy coordination within lifelong learning markets. Using an instruments approach, the editors and contributors examine the ways in which governance mechanisms employed by the European Union influence policy...

This book presents an innovative method to improve workers' health and prevent occupational accidents: the Change Laboratory, a method of formative intervention that enables the organization's participants to identify, with the help of facilitators, the...

This book analyses how narrative fictions can be used by faculty and staff in the teaching of professionals in higher education. As professional life becomes ever more demanding, this book draws together the work of researchers and practitioners who have...

This book explores and progresses the concept of negotiation as a means of describing and explaining individuals' learning in work. It challenges the undertheorised and generic use of the concept in contemporary work-learning research where the concept...

This edited collection examines ways teacher education programs across the globe experienced the COVID-19 pandemic and innovated the teaching practicum in response, to reimagine the post-pandemic field.

Written for current and future educators, Between Complicity & Integrity shares intimate narratives from 12 educators working at the intersection of education, environment, and social change.

Confronting Antisemitism on Campus allows higher education professionals to dive in and consider how their roles on campus impact Jewish students, faculty, and staff.

IFIP TC3 Lifelong Learning Working Track This book is the result of the IFIP Lifelong Learning Working Track at eTrain, 7-11 July 2003, Pori, Finland organized by the Lifelong Learning Taskforce of the International Federation...

This Book is specially designed for B.Sc (Hons) ,M.Sc Students and Engineering students.The Book Content is very well explained in simple language.This Book Covers almost all basic terms related to physical Chemistry,Inorganic Chemistry,Organic...

Throughout the educational industry the need to comprehend and navigate the profound transformations underway in the realm of continuing education remains a pressing challenge. As technological advancements accelerate at an unprecedented pace,...

Adjunct Faculty in Online Higher Education: Best Practices for Teaching Adult Learners is an essential handbook that delves into the pivotal role of adjunct faculty instructors in the booming realm of online higher education, with a specific focus on...

El presente estudio se enmarca en una investigación de campo, tipo: tecnológica comunitaria, nivel de estudio descriptivo. El propósito fue el Diseño de un Material Instruccional de Educación Ambiental dirigido a los Consejos Comunales. Se desarrolló en...

The family, as a fundamental social institution, is increasingly affected by socio-economic and political changes, as a result, the family environment becomes unstable, disrupted and devalued. For these reasons, we consider that parental education...

El propósito del libro consistió en explorar la incorporación del Aula Virtual en Bachillerato de Enseñanza Media como espacio que posibilita la inclusión en el ProCES de adultos en el ámbito laboral ProCES Semipresencial de la ANEP. Se analizó el uso y...

What competences are needed in future by people working within adult and lifelong learning? What pathways of professionalisation are available to them in Europe and Asia? What are the actual effects of teacher training? What are the specific...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Berufsbildung, Weiterbildung, Note: 1,0, Universität Bielefeld, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es herauszuarbeiten, inwiefern die Reform des sonderpädagogischen Fördersystems...

Do you struggle to keep your cool when things don't go your way? Do you find yourself getting angry at the drop of a hat? Or do you simply want to learn how to stay calm under pressure? Don't worry—you're not alone.Anger is a perfectly normal...

Water is essential to life,and not just for humans alone, but for all living organisms. Water is a vitalcomponent of our bodies, making 60% of our total body weight. In addition tobeing a fundamental requirement for survival, water also has many uses,...

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Designed to help the reader move through an empirical research project, this book describes how they can think like a researcher. Methods and methodologies are presented as pragmatic tools to address research questions. Research into adult learning is...

This book provides a fresh look at the question of learner motivation and engagement, beginning with an investigation of potential motivations not to learn, the better to help instructors find more successful ways to engage learners in any given...

As this book was being written, the United States exploded in outrage against the murder by police of people of color across the country. Corporations, branches of state and local government, and educational institutions all pledged to work for racial...

This book is intended to help practitioners in adult education become better informed about assessment, evaluation, and accountability as these are critical functions of administering and running adult education programs. The book is for adult educators...

Co-published with The field of Adult and Continuing Education (ACE) has long been influential beyond its already porous borders and continues to be a source of important ideas, inspiration, and innovative practices for those in disciplines such as...

The third edition of Patricia Cranton's Understanding and Promoting Transformative Learning brings a wealth of new insight from the tremendous growth in the field during the decade since the previous edition. As in the previous editions, the book helps...

Given the tremendous importance of keeping up with the explosion of knowledge in professional fields-from medicine and health to teaching in schools and colleges - getting the most out of every learning opportunity is vital to the growth and vitality of...

If you want to pass the PHR/SPHR exam but don’t have a lot of time for studying, listen further....You are no doubt a busy professional with a lot of things going on! It can be challenging to find the time to study for the PHR/SPHR test! However,...

Teaching Truly offers K-16 teachers course-specific guidelines for indigenizing mainstream education. Each chapter first exposes educational hegemony, including that existing within the new common core standards, and then offers alternative, time-tested...

The revised edition of A Different View of Urban Schools updates a unique story about the realities of urban education in America and provides new insights on the origin of urban education issues; the route to a diverse and effective teaching force; and...

Drawn from a combination of the current metacognitive research and the authors' extensive educational backgrounds, this book is a compilation of essential metacognitive strategies to challenge students to learn to think and to think to learn. After first...

The Globe's Emigrating Children describes one teacher's experiences teaching twenty-four immigrant students during their first year in the United States. From diverse places including Vietnam, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Mexico, El Salvador, and Haiti, these...

Preparing Effective Teachers of Reading will show educators and administrators (K-12 and higher education) how a higher education initiative used collaboration and partnerships to respond to one of the greatest needs facing the nation-improving the...

This book attempts to present both theoretical and practical perspectives on school and university partnerships that focus on the preparation and retention of urban teachers. In particular, the book focuses on (a) theoretical and historical underpinnings...

Originally published in 1986, this book was written at a time of increasing pressure on traditional areas of secondary and higher education and changing employment patterns - a situation which still exists today. Then, as now, there is increased...