Adult Continuing Education category: 1694 books
by Harold Entwistle
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
First published in 1970, this book considers the alleged distinction between ‘education for life’ and ‘education for work’ and exposes the fallacies on which this and other similar distinctions are based. It shows that ideas on this subject are inextricably intertwined with wider views on...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009
Like many ideas that inform policy, practice and research, ‘transition’ has many meanings. Children make a transition to adulthood, pupils move from primary to secondary school, and there is then a movement from school to work, training or further education. Transitions can lead to profound and...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2008
'A very useful introduction to the key concepts in five main areas of study in sport and exercise science. The multi-disciplinary nature of the book is particularly attractive as it means that it can be used to support students studying a range of sport and exercise courses and modules. Furthermore,...
by G. Howard Poteet
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
You've seen their ads: "Make Big Money t" They're the home- study schools that advertise on matchbook covers. You know what people say about them. Is it true? Spending 1-1/2 times the total amount spent on college tuition, 55 million people took courses by mail during the golden age of correspondence...
The Ultimate Guide to Excellent Teaching and Training
Face-To-Face and Online
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
This book is for anyone interested or involved in teaching, training, or instructing, whether you are just getting into the field or thinking about it or you have been teaching for decades. It is for those who administer teaching, training, or instructing. The book was written for academics and those...
Teacher Professionalism in Further and Higher Education
Challenges to Culture and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2007
Teachers from further and higher education are rarely considered together. This book explores the differences and similarities that exist between these groups. It provides an up-to-date account of developments and brings together arguments and debates about both groups of teachers to challenge some...
Loneliness and Solitude in Education
How to Value Individuality and Create an Enstatic School
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Analysing loneliness and solitude in schools and exploring how to deal with them is a vital task. In recent research for the author’s Spirit of the School project, a number of pupils, teachers and headteachers described times when they felt lonely and times when they felt the need for healthy solitude....
The Pacific War 1941-1943
Book 6 of the Ladybird Expert History of the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2019
Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, The Pacific: 1941-43 is an accessible, insightful and authoritative introduction to the Allied counter-offensive against the Empire of Japan and Axis forces in the South Pacific.
Historian, author and broadcaster James Holland draws on the latest research...
Quality Assurance in Distance Education and E-learning
Challenges and Solutions from Asia
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
Quality Assurance in Distance Education and E-Learning: Challenges and Solutions from Asia documents the existing regulatory framework covering quality assurance (QA) systems in distance education (DE) in a number of Asian countries. It draws on the knowledge and experience of 16 selected DE/e-learning...
Working Together
A Case Study of a National Arts Education Partnership
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Partnerships among a variety of institutions – for profit, not-for-profit, and non-profit – are a relatively recent organizational development. Such partnerships link businesses, government, and social agencies. The primary reason for these relationships is to achieve goals sooner and more efficiently...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
The second edition of the International Handbook of Lifelong Learning is extensive, innovative, and international in scope, remit and vision, inviting its readers to engage in a critical re-appraisal of the theme of “lifelong learning”. It is a thorough-going, rigorous and scholarly work, with...
General Education and Language Teaching Methodology
The Gdańsk School of ELT
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2015
This book presents a selection of papers on teaching English as a foreign language and the role of language education in human development. As thinking skills rely on language, language education should exceed utilitarian and everyday communicative needs and should be the basis for developing other...
A Curriculum of Wellness
Reconceptualizing Physical Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
A Curriculum of Wellness seeks to encourage a deeper discussion about teaching our children how to be healthy and live well. It makes a significant contribution to the field of education as it features influential curriculum concepts nuanced with action research principles in a unified, intimate,...
by David Barton, Roz Ivanic, Yvon Appleby
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Demonstrating what it is like to be an adult learner in today’s world, this book focuses on language, literacy and numeracy learning. The authors explore the complex relationship between learning and adults’ lives, following a wide range of individual students in various formal learning situations,...