Adult Education in Changing Times Learning at the Nexus of Life, Work, and Transitions

Part I: Adult Learning at the Nexus of Life, Work, and Transitions

1. Seeing Learning Differently: An Introduction
Christiane Hof, Victoria J. Marsick, and Peter H Sawchuk

2. From the Political Idea of Lifelong Education to Learning in the Life Course as Part of Social Practice
Christiane Hof

3. Learning at the Nexus of Life Course, Work, and Transitions: Relational Processes Between the Personal and the Social
Michael Bernhard, Stephen Billett, and Katrin Kraus

Part II: Societal Challenges

4. Adult Learning in Everyday Life: A Conversation About Social Relations and Situated Practices
Jean Lave, Christiane Hof, and Michael Bernhard

5. Education Challenges Arising From the Digitalisation of Work
Christian Harteis

6. Navigating Complexity and Thriving in Liminal Spaces Through Learning-Based Work
Victoria J. Marsick, Karen E. Watkins, and Rachel Fichter

7. Learning by Translations: Situated Learning in a World of Diverging Knowledges
Jörg Dinkelaker

Part III: Conceptual and Methodological Approaches to Learning

8. A Psycho-Societal Approach to Adult Learning at the Nexus Between Life Course, Work, and Societal Transition
Henning Salling Olesen

9. Shaping Opportunity Spaces for Learning: Regimes of Labour Markets and Migration
Michael Bernhard

10. Relating Life Course and Work: Space-Times of Adult Education
Beatrix Niemeyer

11. Learning in the Reciprocal Relationships Among Work, Society, and the Individual as Seen Through Three Different Traditions: Berufsbildung, Perezhivanie, and Phronesis
Stephen Billett, Katrin Kraus, and Peter H. Sawchuk

12. Life Transitions, Daily Living, and Transformative Learning: Insights From a Migration Journey
Chad Hoggan and Tetyana Hoggan-Kloubert

13. Work-Related Learning as an Iterative Process of Relating Work and Learning
Katrin Kraus

Part IV: Empirical Insights

14. Learning From Rhythms: Navigating Personal Life Transitions at the Intersection of Work and Sustainability
Elisa Thevenot

15. The Role of Work: Understanding Learning Experiences in Higher Education Beyond the Institution
Flora Petrik

16. Employees’ Individual Learning Paths During Organisational Change: A Comparison of Professional Development Strategies
Rob F. Poell, Cara Valk, and Ferd Van Der Krogt

Part V

17. Collaboratively Researching Adult Learning: An Epilogue
Katrin Kraus, Victoria J. Marsick, Michael Bernhard, Stephen Billett, Christiane Hof, and Peter H. Sawchuk

Biography

Michael Bernhard is a researcher and lecturer in the Department of Adult Education and Lifelong Learning at the Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.

Stephen Billett is Professor of Adult and Vocational Education, Griffith University, Australia.

Christiane Hof is Professor of Adult Education and Lifelong Learning at the Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.

Katrin Kraus is Professor of Vocational and Adult Education at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Victoria J. Marsick is Professor of Adult Learning and Leadership, Department of Organization & Leadership, Columbia University, Teachers College, USA.

Peter H. Sawchuk is Professor of Adult Education and Workplace Learning at the University of Toronto, Canada.