Adult Continuing Education category: 1694 books

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The Mature Student's Study Guide 2nd Edition

Essential Skills for Those Returning to Education or Distance Learning

by Catherine Dawson
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014

Studying as an adult is very different to your school experience. This book will give you the skills and confidence you need when returning to education as a mature student.' You have decided to return to education, and now you may be worried that your study skills are not up to scratch. This inspiring...
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by Kenneth Wain
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016

This book, first published in 1987, provides a rigorous philosophical analysis of lifelong education. The author presents his arguments simply and directly so that the book is accessible to students who are new to philosophy and adult education.
Cover of Enhancing the Wellbeing and Wisdom of Older Learners
by Tess Maginess
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016

Enhancing the Wellbeing and Wisdom of Older Learners: A Co-research Paradigm examines how lifelong learning, becoming wise, and sharing wisdom are integrally linked to older people’s wellbeing. The book highlights appropriate learning styles and pedagogies for older people, including research models...
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by Vladimir Schenyatsky
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2010

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Pedagogy - Adult Education, , language: English, abstract: Personalized learning (PL) runs the gamut of contemporary educational perspectives. In this respect educators and students relate such phenomenon to the needs of contemporary time. Living in...
Cover of Characterisation of a Personal Learning Environment as a Lifelong Learning Tool
by Sabrina Leone
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2013

​This work focuses on the characterization of adult lifelong learners’ Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) by implicit and explicit tools of personalization. It aims aims toward creating a system for the development of a learning path for the characterisation of PLE for adult life learners....
Cover of Polling Students for School Improvement and Reform
by Paris S. Strom, Robert D. Strom
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015

People generally acknowledge the superiority of adolescents in using technology tools needed for learning in the future. The purpose of this book is to describe an online polling strategy that allows adolescents to make known how they view conditions of learning at their school. A school improvement...
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by Paris S. Strom, Robert D. Strom
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011

The communication and technology revolution presents each age group of adults with new expectations for learning. This book describes how education for young adults (20 to 40 years of age), persons of middle age (40 to 60 years of age) and older adults (age 60 +) can be differentiated to fulfill changing...
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Gendered Choices

Learning, Work, Identities in Lifelong Learning

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Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011

This important book breaks new ground in addressing issues of gendered learning in different contexts across the (adult) life span at the start of the 21st century.  Adult learning sits within a shifting landscape of educational policy, profoundly influenced by the skills agenda, by complex funding...
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Partners in Literacy

A Writing Center Model for Civic Engagement

by Jaclyn M. Wells, Allen Brizee
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016

Partners in Literacy describes the process, research, relationships, and theories that guided a three-year partnership between the Purdue University Writing Lab and two community organizations in Lafayette, Indiana: the Lafayette Adult Resource Academy and WorkOne Express. This partnership resulted...
Cover of Public Library Programs and Services for Midlife and Beyond: Expanding Opportunities for a Growing Population
by Reneé K. Bennett-Kapusniak
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018

Inspired by trends in U.S. public libraries, this book teaches librarians how to create a welcoming environment that enriches, enlightens, and engages their library's growing aging community. • Offers ways to create and expand adult library programs and services and cultivate an appreciation...
Cover of Educational Responses to Adult Unemployment
by Barbara Senior, John Naylor
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018

Originally published in 1987, at a time of high unemployment, this book provides a critical analysis of the role played by education in solving unemployment. It examines the practical, social and psychological effects of unemployment on adults and argues that formal institutional responses are inadequate...
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The Learning Self

Understanding the Potential for Transformation

by Mark Tennant
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2012

PRAISE FOR THE LEARNING SELF "In this age of self-help, the 'self' is a term thrown around with abandon. For educators, the notion of self-directed learning is a key concept. Yet the notion of self is deeply problematic, even contentious. The world has needed a book that deftly and accessibly...
Cover of Learning Theory and Classroom Practice in the Lifelong Learning Sector
by Jim Gould
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012

This book supports all trainee teachers in the Lifelong Learning Sector working towards QTLS in their understanding of the key learning theories and how these can be applied to their teaching. Existing teachers within the sector will also find this book a valuable resource for refreshing their knowledge...
Cover of The Impact of Digitalization in the Workplace
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Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017

This edited volume brings together researchers from various disciplines (i.e. education, psychology, sociology, economy, information technology, engineering) discussing elementary changes at workplaces occurring through digitalization, and reflecting on educational challenges for individuals, organizations,...
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