Adult Continuing Education category: 1694 books
Multimodal Approaches to Research and Pedagogy
Recognition, Resources, and Access
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
This book brings together social semiotics, cultural studies, multiliteracies, and other approaches in order to theorize very different learning environments, giving visibility to the modal effect in a range of disciplines. It highlights the ideological nature of discursive practices, examines questions...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2019
This book discusses the current state of the art in research on the education and learning of adults, and how such research has been transformed through contemporary policy and research practices. Gathering contributions from leading experts in the field, the book draws on previous research, as well...
Learning for Economic SelfSufficiency
Constructing Pedagogies of Hope Among LowIncome, LowLiterate Adults
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
In a most timely volume addressing many of the connections among current fiscal and employment crises to adult education, Learning for Economic SelfSufficiency highlights the problems and challenges that lowliterate adults encounter in various environments. Moreover, this book presents strategies...
by Kathleen P. King
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
A comprehensive exploration of technology's role in adult learning
Technology and Innovation in Adult Learning introduces educators and students to the intersection of adult learning and the growing technological revolution. Written by an internationally recognized expert in the field, this...
Transformative Learning through Creative Life Writing
Exploring the self in the learning process
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
Arising from a research project conducted over two years, Transformative Learning through Creative Life Writing examines the effects of fictional autobiography on adult learners’ sense of self. Starting from a teaching and learning perspective, Hunt draws together ideas from psychodynamic psychotherapy,...
Continuing Professional Development
Lifelong Learning of Millions
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is the means by which the professions across the world ensure that their knowledge and skills remain up to date and relevant to changing needs and environments. CPD significantly contributes to the quality and reputation of the professions and therefore to...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
As new trends emerge in the realm of education, instructors are faced with the task of continuing development in order to stay up to date on the latest teaching methodologies for both virtual and face-to-face education. Facilitating In-Service Teacher Training for Professional Development is a pivotal...
Achieving Your Award in Education and Training
A Practical Guide to Successful Teaching in the Further Education and Skills Sector
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Previously known as Achieving Your PTLLS Award, this third edition of the popular book comprehensively covers the new requirements for the new Level 3 Award in Education and Training for anyone training to teach in the Further Education and Skills sector or broader workplace and adult learning settings.
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by Stacey Margarita Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
This book explores connections between the fields of foreign/second language teaching and adult learning. This interdisciplinary approach serves as a framework in order to: (a) understand the teaching methods that promote the deeper, more critical sort of language learning advocated by scholars and...
by Susan Wallace
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2013
This practical guide to managing behaviour in Further and Adult Education is for all those training to teach in the sector. The third edition includes new chapters on 14-19 learners and behaviour theory and continues to offer practical ideas on how to manage and motivate students. It takes account...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Recently, there has been an increased understanding that learning occurs outside of the traditional classroom setting, particularly for adult lifelong learners. This perspective has enhanced an attentive design in the underlying technological architecture that is required for the integration of formal...
Life and Learning of Korean Artists and Craftsmen
Rhizoactivity
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
This book brings out the need for lifelong learning theory and explores how it is possible from a postmodern perspective. The book uses life history that has gained its popularity in social science research to overcome the dichotomy between individual and society or between agency and structure. Life...
Understanding Adult Functional Literacy
Connecting Text Features, Task Demands, and Respondent Skills
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
"This is a genuinely scholarly work ... It is based on [analysis of] the most up-to-date quantitative surveys that we have on adult literacy. These surveys are the gold standard in terms of documenting adult literacy in the United States ...The author analyzes these extensive surveys and puts...
Adult Learning
Linking Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Solidly grounded in theory and research, but concise and practice-oriented, Adult Learning: Linking Theory and Practice is perfect for master’s-level students and practitioners alike. Sharan Merriam and Laura Bierema have infused each chapter with practical applications for instruction which will...