The Routledge International Handbook of Lifelong Learning
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As lifelong learning grows in popularity, few comprehensive pictures of the phenomenon have emerged. The Routledge International Handbook of Lifelong Learning provides a disciplined and complete overview of lifelong learning internationally. The theoretical structure puts the learner at the centre and the book emanates from there, pointing to the social context beyond the learner.Up-to-the-minute syntheses from many of the leading international experts in the field give vital snapshots of this rapidly evolving subject from wide-ranging perspectives including:learning throughout lifesites of lifelong learningmodes of learningpoliciessocial movementsissues in lifelong learninggeographical dimensions.This authoritative volume, essential reading for academics in the field of Lifelong Learning, examines the complexities of the subject within a systematic global framework and places it in its socio-historic context.
List of illustrations ixList of contributors xiList of abbreviations xxvIntroduction Peter Jarvis 1Part 1 Setting the scene 71 Lifelong learning: a social ambiguity Peter Jarvis 92 Learning from everyday life Peter Jarvis 19Part 2 Learning throughout life 313 Youth and lifelong learning Rachel Brooks 334 Middle age Mary Alice Wolf 455 Older adulthood Mary Alice Wolf 56Part 3 Sites of lifelong learning 656 Lifelong learning and the family: an auto/biographical imagination Linden West 677 Literacy and lifelong learning Paul Belanger 808 The potential lifelong impact of schooling Stephen Gorard 919 Universities and lifelong learning David Watson 10210 Workplace learning Henning Salling Olesen 11411 Trends in lifelong learning in the US workplace Karen E. Watkins Victoria J. Marsick 12912 Trade unions: from workers' education to lifelong learning John Holford 13913 Lifelong learning and community John Field 15314 Learning regions in lifelong learning Shirley Walters 16315 Lifelong learning through heritage and art Henrik Zipsane 17316 Libraries and lifelong learning Susan Imel Kim Duckett 18317 Tourism development in the Asia-Pacific region: opportunities for lifelong learning Jean-Louis Vignuda 194Part 4 Modes of learning 20518 A critique of self-directed learning in the modern context Richard Taylor 20719 On being taught Stephen Brookfield 21420 The contribution of open and distance education to lifelong learning Otto Peters 22321 The development and transformation of e-learning: an international review Weiyuan Zhang 23822 The World Wide Web and lifelong learning Santosh Panda249Part 5 Policies 25923 Policy and lifelong learning Colin Griffin 26124 The European Union and lifelong learning policy Peter Jarvis 27125 The World Bank's view of lifelong learning: handmaiden of the market William M. Rivera 28126 The OECD and lifelong learning Tom Schuller 29227 UNESCO's drive for lifelong learning Adama Ouane 30228 Learning for development: the work of the Commonwealth of Learning John Daniel 312Part 6 Social movements 32129 The role of non-governmental organisations and networks Alan Tuckett 32330 The role of NGOs in adult education and capacity-building for development: the case of dvv international Chris Duke Heribert Hinzen 33231 To change the world: adult learning and social movements Budd L. Hall 34732 International aid Cornelia Dragne Budd L. Hall 358Part 7 Perspectives on lifelong learning 37333 Financing lifelong learning Hans G. Schuetze 37534 Lifelong learning and philosophy Kenneth Wain 39035 Lifelong learning as a psychological process Knud Illeris 40136 Lifelong learning: between humanism and global capitalism Kjell Rubenson 41137 Feminist perspectives in lifelong learning Julia Preece 42338 Lifelong learning and religion Peter Jarvis 434Part 8 Geographical dimensions 44339 Lifelong learning in Africa Michael Omolewa 44540 The lifelong learning system in Asia: emerging trends and issues Soonghee Han 45941 The changing face of adult education in Australia Mark Tennant Roger Morris 47042 Lifelong learning policy development in Europe Janos Szigeti Toth 47943 Lifelong learning on the Indian subcontinent: policies, programmes and progress C.P.S. Chauhan 49144 Lifelong education in South America: toward a distant horizon Candido Gomes Clelia Capanema Jacira Camara 50245 Lifelong learning in the United States Arthur L. Wilson 512Index 521
