Adult education and lifelong learning : theory and practice

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Title:

Author:

Jarvis, Peter, 1937-

ISBN:

9780415494816

9780415494786

Personal Author:

Jarvis, Peter, 1937-

Edition:

4th ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Physical Description:

xiv, 338 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

1. The person as learner -- 2. The learning society -- 3. Education and training -- 4. Learning -- 5. Perspectives on learning theory -- 6. Developments in learning theory -- 7. Teaching adults -- 8. The process of teaching -- 9. Theoretical perspectives on teaching -- 10. Distance education and open learning -- 11. Assessing and evaluating -- 12. Curriculum theory and programme planning -- 13. Practice, theory, research and policy -- 14. The professional preparation of teachers of adults.

Subject Term:

Adult education.

Continuing education.

Copies:

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Summary

Now in itsnbsp;fourth edition, Adult Education and Lifelong Learning is well established, and is regarded as the most widely used text about adult education. Fully revised and updated with substantial additional material, this new edition takes account of many changes which have occurred in the field of adult education. With new features for students and researchers, updates incorporate:

material on the ethical and political implications of lifelong learning detailed information on changes relating to globalisation increased emphasis on societal changes information on the way technologies are affecting the way people learn changing approaches to knowledge, knowledge acquisition and knowledge assessment.

Students of education and education studies will find this an invaluable course companion, whilst practitioners and researchers in adult and lifelong learning will find this new fully-up-to-date edition even broader in scope than the last.