Adult Education and Lifelong Learning: Theory and Practice - Softcover

Jarvis, Peter

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9780415314930: Adult Education and Lifelong Learning: Theory and Practice

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ISBN 10: 0415314933 ISBN 13: 9780415314930

Publisher: Routledge, 2004

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This is the third edition of Peter Jarvis' classic textbook, Adult and Continuing Education, which established itself as the most widely used and respected book about education for adults today. In this new edition, the author has made extensive revisions and included substantial additional material to take account of the many changes that have occurred in the field of adult education.
Additional and updated material in this much-anticipated new edition includes:

a discussion on both globalisation and Europeanisation, indicating the pressures that have been exerted on the educational system to change
a greater emphasis on lifelong education, lifelong learning and society
an extended discussion on the theorists of distance education and introductory material on
e-learning and on-line learning
an updated look at changes in UK policy and European policy documents
new material on the relationship between research, learning and the changing approaches to knowledge, with more emphasis placed on action learning and research.

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About the Author:

Peter Jarvis is an internationally renowned expert in the fields of lifelong learning, adult and continuing education and is founding editor of the International Journal of Lifelong Education (Taylor & Francis). He is Professor of Continuing Education at the University of Surrey (where he was the former head of the Department of Educational Studies) and is a former Adjunct Professor in the Department of Adult Education, University of Georgia, USA. He also holds honorary Visiting Professorships at City University (UK), Pecs University (Hungary) and Tianjin Radio and Television University (China), and is Special Professor at the University of Nottingham. Peter is a prolific author, whose recent publications include: The Routledge International Handbook of Lifelong Learning; Democracy, Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society; and Globalization, Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society (winner of the 2008 Cyril O. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education).

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This is the third edition of Peter Jarvis' classic textbook, which established itself as the most widely used and respected book about adult education today. In this new edition, the author has made extensive revisions and includes substantial additional material to take account of the many changes which have occurred in the field of adult education.
The book begins with a rationale for the provision of education for adults and analyses contemporary theory before going on to give practical advice on the curriculum development and the teaching of adults. Students of the education of adults will find it an invaluable course companion, whilst practitioners in the field of adult and continuing education and lifelong learning will find much in this book that is relevant to their day-to-day work.

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