Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society

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1. Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society Complete Trilogy Set

   By Peter Jarvis

   Series: Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society

   With the release of the final volume of his trilogy, Peter Jarvis completes his comprehensive, multi-disciplinary study of lifelong learning and the learning society. Between them, these three volumes analyse every aspect of learning, from the fundamental psychology of the human drive to learn, to...

   Published June 29th 2008 by Routledge
2. Democracy, Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society

   Active Citizenship in a Late Modern Age

   By Peter Jarvis

   Series: Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society

   This is a book with a difference: it produces a completely new perspective on lifelong learning and the learning society and locates them within humanity itself. Five themes run through this book: Humankind has always been aware of the imperfections of human society: as a consequence, it has...

   Published June 9th 2008 by Routledge
3. Globalization, Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society

   Sociological Perspectives

   By Peter Jarvis

   Series: Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society

   This book critically assesses the learning that is required and provided within a learning society and gives a detailed sociological analysis of the emerging role of lifelong learning with examples from around the globe. Divided into three clear parts the book: looks at the development of the...

   Published January 31st 2007 by Routledge
4. Towards a Comprehensive Theory of Human Learning

   By Peter Jarvis

   Series: Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society

   As interest grows in theories of lifelong learning not only across society but also as an area of serious academic study, the need has arisen for a thorough and critical study of the phenomenon. This distillation of the work of renowned writer Peter Jarvis addresses this need, looking at the...

   Published December 14th 2005 by Routledge