170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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With life expectancy increasing, there is growing emphasis on encouraging older people to continue learning. This comes as part of a strategy to allow them to remain healthy, independent and vitally engaged in society for as long as possible. All the same, policymakers have barely begun to address the issues involved and the perspectives of these learners. This book presents insightful research... Read more
PART 1: What is the issue? 1. Lifelong learning: a new climate for older learners? 2. Why learning in later life? PART 2: What does the research tell us? 3. What has influenced later life learners? 4. How does later life learning happen? 5. No limits to learning? 6. New contexts, new learners? PART 3: What are the overall implications? 7. A better future for older learners?
Biography
Alexandra Withnall is Associate Professor at the University of Warwick. She has previously worked at the University of Lancaster, Keele University and the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education. She is a past chair of the UK-based Association for Education and Ageing.
