Dimensions Of Adult Learning - Softcover

Foley, Griff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335214487 ISBN 13: 9780335214488

Publisher: Open University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Adult education has never been more important or urgent than it is today Few educators have had the impact on adult education of Griff Foley.

Professor Peter McLaren, University of California, Los Angeles

This timely and valuable book makes an important contribution to our understanding of key recent developments in adult education and their significance. Reflecting the increasingly global nature of scholarship in the field, well-respected international contributors analyse issues facing practitioners today, and consider how these can be most positively embraced to further the international cause of adult learning and social justice.

Janet Hannah, University of Nottingham

Learning is central to all aspects of human life, and failure to learn brings dire consequences. As our world becomes more integrated and complex, adult learning has become more important.

Dimensions of Adult Learning offers a broad overview of adult learning in the workplace and community. Written by a team of international experts, it introduces the core skills and knowledge which underpin effective practice. It examines adult education policy and research, and highlights the social nature of adult learning. It also examines adult learning in different contexts: on-line learning, problem-based learning, organisational and vocational learning.

Dimensions of Adult Learning is an essential reference for professionals and students.

Griff Foley is Research Associate in Adult Education at the University of Technology, Sydney. He is author of Learning in Social Action and Strategic Learning.

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About the Author

Griff Foley is Associate Professor in Adult Education at the University of Technology, Sydney. He is author of Learning in Social Action (Zed, 1999).

Edition details

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335214487
• ISBN 13: 9780335214488
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352