1st Edition
The Concepts and Practices of Lifelong Learning
1. Introduction 2. Learning Through the Lifecourse 3. The Social Dimensions of Lifelong Learning 4. The Economics of Lifelong Learning 5. LL and Schools 6. LL and Tertiary Institutions 7. Learning at Work 8. Learning in the Community and the Home 9. Learning in the Region 10. Learning at Distance - Information and Communications Technology and LL 11. Conclusion
Biography
Professor Michael Osborne is Deputy Head of the Institute of Education and Co-director of the PASCAL Observatory on Place Management, Social Capital and Learning Regions and the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning (CRLL) at the University of Stirling.
Brenda Morgan-Klein is Senior Lecturer in Adult Education at the Institute of Education, The University of Stirling where she is Director of the First Year Undergraduate Programme in Education. She has previously been Director of the Teaching Qualification in Further Education (TQFE).
'Morgan-Klein and Osborne are key researchers in the field of lifelong learning. Their book is very well researched, and approaches contested topics in a pleasingly balanced way ... The book is a welcome addition to the literature, and will be a useful text for learning and teaching in the fields of education and sociology. It will also be relevant for consideration in employability modules in any university discipline.' - ESCalate, Higher Education Academy
