Lifelong Learning in Higher Education

This text examines how colleges and universities might respond to the increasing need for people to take responsibility for their own education and to remain motivated. It devotes attention to teaching methods, organizational structures and the goals of higher education.

List of contents

List of Figures, List of Tables, Preface to the Third Edition, Preface to the Second Edition, Preface, Chapter 1: Lifelong learning: basic concepts, Chapter 2: Lifelong education as a system, Chapter 3: The nature of lifelong learning, Chapter 4: Lifelong learning and higher education, Chapter 5: Lifelong learning and instructional methods: some promising approaches, Chapter 6: Changing institutions to lifelong education, Chapter 7: Evaluating lifelong learning, Chapter 8: A stocktaking: continuing problems in implementing lifelong education, Appendix, References, Index

About the author

Christopher K. Knapper, Arthur J. Cropley

Product details

• Authors: A Cropley, a Knapper Cropley, Chris Knapper
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.06.2017
• EAN: 9781138419919
• ISBN: 978-1-138-41991-9
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, Education, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy