Disaffection and Diversity - Overcoming Barriers for Adult Learners

Informationen zum Autor Judith Calder Klappentext First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Highlights the new developments in the provision of education and training for adults. Higher education is expanding and alternative routes for adults into further and higher education are being introduced through the use of Access courses and other ways. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Access issues: disaffection and access, Roger Harrison; adult access to higher education, Malcolm Tight; the experience of black minority students, Stima Lyons; local provision - an Oxfordshire case study, Brenda Walters. Part 2 Provision and progress with learning: the scope and characteristics of educational provision for adults, Colin Titmus; face-to-face provision and the older learner, Eric Midwinter; opportunities through open learning, Robert Leach and Roger Webb; disaffection and distance education, Alan Woodley. Part 3 Outcomes and achievements: adult learning and success, Judith Calder; a society of opportunity, Peter Raggatt; the assessment of prior learning - relating experience, competence and knowledge, Linda Butler Miles; credit accumulation and credit transfer, Geoffr Layer; informal learning opportunities and their contribution to overcoming dissaffection, Marian Lever.

Product details

• Authors: Judith Calder
• Assisted by: Judith Calder (Editor), Judith A. Calder (Editor), Calder Judith (Editor), Judith Calder the Open University (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.02.1993
• EAN: 9780750701181
• ISBN: 978-0-7507-0118-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Education & Alienation
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, Teaching of students with different educational needs, Adult education, continuous learning, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher