Lifelong Learning Books

New and Published Books

1. Women, War, Violence and Learning

   Edited by Shahrzad Mojab

   This anthology provides fresh theorization of gendered dimensions of learning, war, and violence, with a view to offering new insights on the impact of violence on women’s learning and well being. The collection is an important contribution to emerging interdisciplinary approaches to the role and...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
2. Knowledge and Innovation

   A Comparative Study of the USA, the UK and Japan

   By Helen Brown

   Series: Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology

   This new book presents case studies from the US, the UK and Japan. Packed full of vignettes from cases studies and subscribing to a socio-cultural approach rather than the often tacit assumption that knowledge and ‘technology transfer’ is a logistical problem, this excellent volume illuminates the...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. 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
4. 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
5. Emerging Approaches to Educational Research

   Tracing the Socio-Material

   By Tara Fenwick, Richard Edwards, Peter Sawchuk

   The last fifteen years have seen much conceptual and methodological innovation in research on education and learning across the lifecourse, bringing both fresh insights and new dilemmas. This innovation was initially fuelled by the growing influence of conceptual framings often named as either...

   Published July 14th 2011 by Routledge
6. Theories of Learning for the Workplace

   Building blocks for training and professional development programs

   By Filip Dochy, David Gijbels, Mien Segers, Piet Van den Bossche

   Series: Routledge Psychology in Education

   Workplace and professional learning, lifelong learning, adult learning, learning in different contexts have become of more and more interest and now dominate all aspects of 21st century life. Learning is no longer about ‘storing and recall’ but ‘development and flow’. Theories of Learning in the...

   Published June 13th 2011 by Routledge
7. The Adult Learner

   7th Edition

   By Malcolm S. Knowles, Elwood F. Holton III, Richard A. Swanson

   "A great update of a classic. Should be required reading for anyone involved with adult learning in schools, businesses and communities." Sam Stern, Professor & Dean, School of Education, Oregon State University, USA How do you tailor education to the learning needs of adults? Do they learn...

   Published March 8th 2011 by Routledge
8. The Routledge International Handbook of Lifelong Learning

   Edited by Peter Jarvis

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks of Education

   As lifelong learning grows in popularity, few comprehensive pictures of the phenomenon have emerged. The Routledge International Handbook of Lifelong Learning provides a disciplined and complete overview of lifelong learning internationally. The theoretical structure puts the learner at the centre...

   Published October 28th 2010 by Routledge
9. Work Integrated Learning

   A Guide to Effective Practice

   By Lesley Cooper, Janice Orrell, Margaret Bowden

   The demand for work-ready graduates, who are familiar with organizational practices in the workplace is increasing, and so the need for greater work integrated learning (WIL) is a growing concern for the education sector. With the globalization of higher education and the cultural and linguistic...

   Published March 23rd 2010 by Routledge
10. Adult Education and Lifelong Learning

    Theory and Practice, 4th Edition

    By Peter Jarvis

    Now in its fourth edition, Adult Education and Lifelong Learning is well established, and is regarded as the most widely used text about adult education. Fully revised and updated with substantial additional material, this new edition takes account of many changes which have occurred in the...

    Published February 9th 2010 by Routledge