Adult education and lifelong learning : theory and practice / Peter Jarvis.
Language: English Publisher: London : Routledge, 2010Edition: fourth editionDescription: xiv, 338 pages illustrations 24 cmISBN:- 0415494818
- 9780415494816
- 0415494788
- 9780415494786
- 374 22
- LC5215
- Em.08
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Previous ed.: London: RoutledgeFalmer, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dawson
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The Person as Learner
- 2 The Learning Society
- 3 Education and Learning
- 4 Learning
- 5 Perspectives of Learning Theory
- 6 Developments in Learning Theory
- 7 Teaching Adults
- 8 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
- Conclusion
- Selected Further Reading
- Bibliography
- Index