Adult Education and Lifelong Learning Books

New and Published Books

1. Contemporary Apprenticeship

   International Perspectives on an Evolving Model of Learning

   Edited by Alison Fuller, Lorna Unwin

   Throughout the world, people understand the meaning of 'apprenticeship'. As a model of learning and skill formation, apprenticeship has adapted over the years to reflect changes in work, in technology, and in the types of knowledge that underpin occupational expertise. Apprenticeship serves the...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
2. Feedback in Higher and Professional Education

   Understanding it and doing it well

   Edited by David Boud, Elizabeth Molloy

   Learners complain that they do not get enough feedback, and educators resent that although they put considerable time into generating feedback, students take little notice of it. Both parties agree that it is very important. Feedback in Higher and Professional Education explores what needs to be...

   Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge
3. University Teaching in Focus

   A learning-centred approach

   Edited by Lynne Hunt, Denise Chalmers

   University Teaching in Focus provides a foundational springboard for early career academics preparing to teach in universities. Focusing on four critical areas - teaching, curriculum, students, and quality/leadership - this succinct resource offers university teachers a straightforward approach to...

   Published November 4th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Confessing Society

   Foucault, Confession and Practices of Lifelong Learning

   By Andreas Fejes, Magnus Dahlstedt

   Today, people are constantly encouraged to verbalise and disclose their "true" inner self to others, whether on TV shows, in newspapers, in family life or together with friends. Such encouragement to disclose the self has proliferated through discourses on lifelong learning through which each...

   Published September 9th 2012 by Routledge
5. Developing Narrative Theory

   Life Histories and Personal Representation

   By Ivor F. Goodson

   We live in an age of narrative: life stories are a crucial ingredient in what makes us human and, in turn, what kind of human they make us. In recent years, narrative analysis has grown and is used across many areas of research. Interest in this rapidly developing approach now requires the firm...

   Published September 9th 2012 by Routledge
6. Learning in the Workplace

   A Toolkit for Facilitating Learning and Assessment in Health and Social Care Settings, 2nd Edition

   By Joan Mulholland, Chris Turnock

   This toolkit is designed for preparing health and social care practitioners for their role in facilitating learning in their workplace. It enables readers to recognise learning opportunities, communicate their professional knowledge, provide students with appropriate support, judge performance,...

   Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge
7. Transnational Migration and Lifelong Learning

   Global Issues and Perspectives

   Edited by Shibao Guo

   Economic globalization, modern transportation, and advanced communication technologies have greatly enhanced the mobility of people across national boundaries. The resulting demographic, social, and cultural changes create new opportunities for development as well as new challenges for lifelong...

   Published August 16th 2012 by Routledge
8. 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 June 13th 2012 by Routledge
9. Gender, Masculinities and Lifelong Learning

   Edited by Marion Bowl, Robert Tobias, Jennifer Leahy, Graeme Ferguson, Jeffrey Gage

   Gender, Masculinities and Lifelong Learning reflects on current debates and discourses around gender and education, in which some academics, practitioners and policy-makers have referred to a crisis of masculinity. This book explores questions such as: Are men under-represented in education? Are...

   Published May 31st 2012 by Routledge
10. 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