Lifelong Learning : Concepts and Contexts

by Crowther, Jim; Sutherland, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780203936207
• ISBN10: 0203936205
• Copyright: 2007-07-09
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This guide to lifelong learning brings together new writing from leading thinkers in the field to provide a critical summary of current developments in understanding adult learning and the societal context in which they are located.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Figures Foreword Peter Jarvis Introduction 1. Introduction: 'The lifelong learning imagination' Peter Sutherland and Jim Crowther Part1. Perspectives on Adult and Lifelong Learning 2. What is Special about Adult Learning? Knud Illeris 3. An Overview on Transformative Learning Jack Mezirow 4. Managing Change and Transition:A psychosocial perspective on lifelong learning Linden West 5. The Application of the Ideas of Habermas to Adult Learning Mark Murphy and Ted Fleming 6. A Troubled Space of Possibilities: Lifelong learning and the postmodern Richard Edwards and Robin Usher Part 2. Institutions and Issues for Lifelong Learning 7. Realizing a Lifelong Learning Higher Education Institution Shirley Walters 8.Towards a Responsive Work-based Curriculum for Non-traditional Students in Higher Education John Bamber 9. Changing to Learning Cultures that Foster Lifelong Learners Rose Evison 10. An Analysis of the Relations between Learning and Teaching Approaches Keith Trigwell 11. Lifelong Learning: The role of emotional intelligence Tina Goodwin and Susan Hallam 12. A Comparison of Piaget's and Biggs's Conceptions of Cognitive Development in Adults and their Implications for the Teaching of Adults Peter Sutherland 13. Academic Study as a Social Practice Chrissie Boughey 14. Self-regulation:A multi-dimensional learning strategy Martha Cassazza Part 3. Informal and Community Contexts for Learning 15. (Mis) Recognising Lifelong Learning in Non-formal Settings John Preston 16. Social Movements, Praxis and the Profane Side of Lifelong Learning Jim Crowther 17. Learning Cities, Learning Regions, Lifelong Learning Implementers Norman Longworth 18. Literacy as Social Practice: Travelling between the everyday and other forms of learning Yvon Appleby and Mary Hamilton 19. Lifelong Learning in the Community: Social action Rod Purcell 20. Work and Learning: Implications for lifelong learning in the workplace Hitendra Pillay, Lynn Wilss and Gillian Boulton-Lewis 21. Making a Space for Adult Education in Mental Health: The Outlook Project experience Fiona Dowie and Matthew Gibson List of contributors