Adult Education and Lifelong Learning - Theory and Practice

Adult Education and Lifelong Learning is regarded as one of the most widely used textbooks about adult education.

List of contents

1. The person as learner
2. The learning society
3. Education and learning
4. Learning
5. Perspectives on learning theory
6. Developments in learning theory
7. Teaching adults
8. The processes of teaching
9. Theoretical perspectives on teaching
10. Distance education and open learning
11. Assessing and evaluating
12. Curriculum theory and programme planning
13. Practice, theory, research and policy
14. The professional preparation of teachers of adults

About the author

Peter Jarvis (1937-2018) was an internationally renowned expert in the fields of lifelong learning, adult and continuing education and was founding editor of the International Journal of Lifelong Education (Taylor & Francis). He was Professor of Continuing Education at the University of Surrey, UK and was a former Adjunct Professor in the Department of Adult Education, University of Georgia, USA. Peter was a prolific author, whose publications include: The Routledge International Handbook of Lifelong Learning; Democracy, Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society; and Globalization, Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society.

Summary

Adult Education and Lifelong Learning is regarded as one of the most widely used textbooks about adult education.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Jarvis, Peter (University of Surrey Jarvis, Jarvis Peter
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032878324
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3287832-4
• No. of pages: 338
• Series: Routledge Education Classic Edition
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Adult & Continuing Education, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Philosophy and theory of education, Adult education, continuous learning, Educational strategies and policy