Adult Education Books

New and Published Books

1. Toward Defining and Improving Quality in Adult Basic Education

   Issues and Challenges

   Edited by Alisa Belzer

   Published May 10th 2012 by Routledge
2. World Yearbook of Education 2007

   Educating the Global Workforce: Knowledge, Knowledge Work and Knowledge Workers

   Edited by Lesley Farrell, Tara Fenwick

   Series: World Yearbook of Education

   The 2007 edition of this respected international volume considers the challenges facing work related education arising from the rapid expansion of the global economy and the impact of this on labour markets and individual workers. Including perspectives from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Africa,...

   Published March 25th 2012 by Routledge
3. Education and Incarceration

   Edited by Erica R. Meiners, Maisha T. Winn

   The United States of America is in possession of the largest prison population in the world, with 2.3 million people currently behind bars. This number is predominantly and disproportionately made up of communities of colour and poverty. Between 1987 and 2007, the U.S. prison population tripled;...

   Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge
4. From Adult Education to the Learning Society

   21 Years of the International Journal of Lifelong Education

   By Peter Jarvis

   Series: Education Heritage

   This unique text provides a valuable route map to the development of thinking in adult education and lifelong learning. It includes more than twenty-five seminal articles from the first two decades of the International Journal of Lifelong Education, written by leading authors in the field from the...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
5. Inquiry into the Future of Lifelong Learning in the UK

   An International Analysis

   Edited by Peter Jarvis

   This volume offers a comprehensive international response to the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)’s inquiry into the future of lifelong learning in the UK. The book focuses upon some of the main themes of the inquiry, and analyses them from very broad perspectives undertaken...

   Published November 16th 2011 by Routledge
6. Tracking Adult Literacy and Numeracy Skills

   Findings from Longitudinal Research

   Edited by Stephen Reder, John Bynner

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   Understanding the origins of poor literacy and numeracy skills in adulthood and how to improve them is of major importance when society places a high premium on proficiency in these basic skills. This edited collection brings together the results of recent longitudinal studies that greatly extend...

   Published August 14th 2011 by Routledge
7. The Routledge Encyclopaedia of UK Education, Training and Employment

   From the earliest statutes to the present day

   By John P. Wilson

   A comprehensive guide to all the main labour market initiatives and agencies combining education and employment in the UK, this encyclopaedia presents an historical progression from the Guilds and Statute of Artifices in 1563 through to present day initiatives and changes. Fully cross-referenced...

   Published September 1st 2010 by Routledge
8. Beyond Reflective Practice

   New Approaches to Professional Lifelong Learning

   Edited by Helen Bradbury, Nick Frost, Sue Kilminster, Miriam Zukas

   Reflective practice has moved from the margins to the mainstream of professional education. However, in this process, its radical potential has been subsumed by individualistic, rather than situated, understandings of practice. Presenting critical perspectives that challenge the current paradigm,...

   Published July 21st 2009 by Routledge
9. Handbook of Research on Adult Learning and Development

   Edited by M Cecil Smith, Nancy DeFrates-Densch, Assistant Editor

   The time is right for this comprehensive, state-of-the-art Handbook that analyzes, integrates, and summarizes theoretical advances and research findings on adult development and learning - a rapidly growing field reflecting demographic shifts toward an aging population in Western societies....

   Published November 6th 2008 by Routledge
10. Inclusion and Diversity

    Meeting the Needs of All Students

    By Sue Grace, Phil Gravestock

    Series: Key Guides for Effective Teaching in Higher Education

    How should you prepare for the first day of class? How can you encourage all students to participate in discussions? How do you ensure disabled students can take part in field work? Increasingly, universities are drawing from a less traditional group of students – international students, disabled...

    Published October 27th 2008 by Routledge