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Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2012
This comprehensive introduction to the study and practice of health and adult education provides the missing link for those seeking to better integrate their efforts in these two areas. Bringing together a distinguished interdisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners, the book speaks clearly...
by David Jones
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Originally published in 1988, this book examines the concept of culture and the transmission of cultural values in relations to adult education. It emphasizes the importance of perceiving culture as a social construct which is part of a specific value system and questions how cultural development...
Adults on the Autism Spectrum Leave the Nest
Achieving Supported Independence
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2008
Children on the Autism Spectrum often grow up to find they are unable to cope effectively with the challenges of adult life. This book shows that, with the appropriate lifelong care from parents and carers, it is possible for those with neurodevelopmental disabilities to achieve supported independence...
Tracking Adult Literacy and Numeracy Skills
Findings from Longitudinal Research
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2008
Understanding the origins of poor literacy and numeracy skills in adulthood and how to improve them is of major importance when society places a high premium on proficiency in these basic skills. This edited collection brings together the results of recent longitudinal studies that greatly extend...
Understanding and Teaching the At-Risk Adult Student
Strategies to Improve Retention and Success
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
This is a guide for teachers entering or continuing in the specific realm of adult education of students who are at-risk due to their criminal backgrounds, substance abuse issues or undiagnosed learning disabilities. The book provides readers with an overview of the teaching challenges for this population...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
In order to deliver optimum educational opportunities to learners, higher education institutions must utilize emerging innovations and resources. By doing so, they can begin to develop more student-centric pedagogies. Adult Education and Vocational Training in the Digital Age is an authoritative reference...
Self-direction in Adult Learning
Perspectives on Theory, Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Originally published in 1991, this book provides the reader with a comprehensive synthesis of developments, issues and practices related to a self-direction in learning. it presents strategies for facilitating self-directed learning as an instructional method and for enhancing learner self-direction...
Illegal Alphabets and Adult Biliteracy
Latino Migrants Crossing the Linguistic Border, Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
How do "illegal aliens" chart the speech sounds of colloquial English? This book is timeless in offering an unusually direct entry into how a group of Mexican fruit pickers analyze their first encounter with local American speech in a tiny rural Midwestern community in the United States....
The meanings of Inclusion in cross-cultural contexts
Exploring the experiences of adult learners and teachers in two FE colleges in the London Area
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2010 in the subject Pedagogy - Adult Education, University of London (Goldsmiths College), course: Education, language: English, abstract: The focus of the research in this thesis concerns the meanings of inclusion. The thesis explores the meanings of inclusion...
The seven year education itch
Adult Learning in Vocational Training – my digital journey so far
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
As I approach seven years in the vocational education industry, I realised I’ve covered a fair bit of ground in the eLearning space. I wanted to share with others the experiences that I’ve had and lessons I’ve learnt. Understand what I’ve discovered about adult learners from a coal face perspective. ...
by Kathryn James, Jane Ward
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2004
Building confidence and a sense of well-being is increasingly being seen as a means of enabling learners to make the most of their potential and to participate more fully in society. But how do you it? Discovering potential is a resource pack that supports practitioners and managers who work with...
Fact, Fiction & Family
A Sister's Perspective on Conflict, Communication and Care Giving
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010
This is a true story of a familys attempt at working together to care for aging parents. It involves four adult siblings, two parents, some anger, resentment, love and joy. There are tears, astonishment, sleepless nights, laughter and a whole lot of conflict, quiet and otherwise.
Mary L. Currier shares...
Joint Modules and Internationalisation in Higher Education
Reflections on the Joint Module «Comparative Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning»
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
This volume places the development of the Joint Module «Comparative Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning» (COMPALL) in the context of international development in higher education and adult education. Based on this framework, the authors discuss the development of the joint module in...
Working and Educating for Life
Feminist and International Perspectives on Adult Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Originally published in 1992, this book presents an alternative view of adult education. The author moves the analysis from the usual focus in adult education literature on skills and skill deficits, and concentrates instead on the educational potential of work itself. By linking issues of gender...