Adult education, continuous learning

Part-time teachers have become an increasing part of the workforce in universities throughout the world.

The United States and China: two nations drastically different in demographics, history, political structures, and education systems.

This edited volume explores how youth and informal sector workers in the Global South are pioneering learning and livelihoods that exist at the intersections of, and beyond, the boundaries of the state, market, and other formal institutions.

Developing Effective 16-19 Teaching Skills aims to enhance the competence of student- teachers in secondary schools and FE college as they confront sixteen to nineteen teaching for the first time.

Die Zukunft der Universität wird jeweils unter lokalen Bedingungen verhandelt, eindeutige Patenrezepte scheinen noch nicht in Sicht und werden voraussichtlich auch nicht ermittelt werden können.

This edited volume brings together a group of international researchers and theorists from various intellectual and analytic traditions to explore the role uncertainty plays in creativity, learning, and development.

Originally published in 1985 this book addresses important questions about the nature and meaning of development as these concern adult education in the developing world.

Das Buch untersucht Organisationen aus theoretischer, empirischer und praxisbezogener Perspektive – vor allem mit Blick auf das Wechselspiel zwischen diesen drei Zugängen.

This volume provides an in-depth analysis of historical and recent developments of senior learning in Taiwan, where publications in English have been scant.

This book is a guide to the PTLLS Award (which has been replaced with the Award in Education and Training) and is a comprehensive introduction to teaching in a variety of settings.

Checklists help us work better.

A variety of institutions and activities including the training of teachers, research and development, and educational television services are discussed in this volume.

Challenging times demand dynamic leadership.

The post-compulsory sector is complex and multifaceted, with highly diverse and sometimes challenging learner groups and subject to change from almost unending shifts in educational policy.

This new book presents both research (qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-design) and conceptual chapters about the ethical factors to be considered in teaching, administration, and professional practice in higher education settings.

This multidisciplinary volume offers insights on oral and written language development and how it takes place in literate societies.

Becoming a nurse is a life-changing process and making the decision to study nursing at university is the first step.

Understanding the origins of poor literacy and numeracy skills in adulthood and how to improve them is of major importance when society places a high premium on proficiency in these basic skills.

Der Markt für die berufliche Nachqualifizierung von an- und ungelernten Arbeitskräften ist unübersichtlich.

This book lays the groundwork for the future of global citizenship, and it discusses where we are now, where to go from here, and how all of this fits into a lifelong learning context.

First published between 1985 and 1987, this set of books attempts to tackle some of the complex issues implied by the title Language, Education and Society.

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 book offers a unique, machine-generated overview of the current state of research in Connected Learning, Networked Learning, Digital Badges, Micro-Credentials, and Lifelong Learning.

Foundations of Educational Technology offers a fresh, interdisciplinary, problem-centered approach to educational technology, learning design, and instructional systems development.

This book makes an innovative, sociologically informed contribution to academic and policy discussions about informal work, skills and training for lifelong learning (LLL) and the promise of decent work and just transitions for sustainable development.

The community and technical college mission requires offering relevant Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs.

This book explores the current and future impacts of blockchain technologies, such as cryptocurrency, on the education system.

700 PATHS TO A JOB YOU LOVEAre you established in a career but feeling the need for a change?

Every semester, colleges and universities ask students to complete innumerable course and teaching evaluation questionnaires to evaluate the learning and teaching in courses they have taken.

What's the problem with literacy at college?

With the growing environment and consciousness of "e;outcome-based education,"e; the importance of this subject has increased manyfold.

The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a respected qualification gaining increasing currency around the world, and which has been adopted by a wide variety of schools, both public and private.

Every day, huge numbers of people use drugs or alcohol for recreation, medication, celebration, stress management, social lubrication, or escape.

Modern societies demand high levels of literacy.

This edited volume brings the important topic of teacher well-being to the fore, presenting a range of high quality and cutting-edge contributions that illuminate, advance and educate readers on the challenges and criticality of achieving teacher well-being in English language teaching (ELT).

Critical Mobile Pedagogy is an exploration of mobile technologies for designing and delivering equitable and empowering education around the globe.

This book offers some suggestions as to ways forward from this dilemma.

How can opportunities for teaching and learning be improved to ensure that many more people participate, gain qualifications and obtain decent jobs?

Fully revised and updated, this second edition of Participatory Action Research (PAR) provides new theoretical insights and many robust tools that will guide researchers, professionals and students from all disciplines through the process of conducting action research 'with' people rather than 'for' them or 'about' them.

Führen mit mehr LeichtigkeitDie Rolle der Führungskraft auf einem christlich-humanistischen HintergrundFührungskräfte sind weithin einem großen Erwartungsdruck ausgesetzt.

If you're studying part time you're probably juggling study with work or family commitments or both.

In this essential new book, best-selling author and researcher Robert J.

No matter who you are or what your background might be, deciding whether or not to go to college, and which college to attend, is a complex and often stressful process.

This book supports the Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training for anyone training to teach in the further education and skills sector.

This volume explores and evaluates community-based literacy programs, examining how they bridge gaps in literacy development, promote dialogue, and connect families, communities, and schools.

This book weaves together current understanding around financial literacy and ageing, arguing for the relevance of financial literacy for old age security.

Action leadership is a creative, innovative, collaborative and self-developed way to lead.

Der Band prasentiert Ergebnisse des europaischen Projekts "e;Comparative Analysis of Regional Policies for Adult Learning"e; (REGIONAL) das die Konzipierung, Durchfuhrung und Finanzierung der Erwachsenenbildungspolitik auf regionaler Ebene in sechs europaischen Landern untersucht hat.