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 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.
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.
Originally published in 1979, this book reports on a 3 year action research programme (The New Communities Project) which aimed in increase working-class participation in adult education.
This book is about SOARing to Success: a pedagogy that engages individuals in a structured and supported process of personalised learning, leading to the development of transferable career management and employability skills.
Labour markets are becoming more dynamic in response to pressures from globalisation, new technologies and trade agreements, as well as cross-border migration, inter-generation differences, changing education imperatives and employer expectations.
This timely book explores the challenges facing universities and individual scholars through an examination of the history and theory underlying the concept of academic freedom.
Too Scared to Learn explores the impact of women's experiences of violence on their learning, and proposes radical changes to educational programs through connecting therapeutic and educational discourses.
Bringing together narratives and theory-based analyses of practice, this volume illustrates collaborative curricular and co-curricular approaches to promoting vocational discernment amongst students in a Catholic university setting.
Combining the experience of over a dozen successful graduate entrepreneurs with the latest thinking and research on the subject, this book makes students and graduates aware of the benefits of starting their own business and offers a practical introduction to the world of entrepreneurship.
Die in diesem Fachbuch präsentierten Orientierungshilfen ermöglichen einen Überblick über die große Vielfalt der in Wissenschaft und Praxis in den letzten Jahren entwickelten Problemlösungen für das betriebliche Kompetenzmanagement.
This practical book explores creative ways of teaching and learning in the lifelong learning sector and provides a toolkit of creative teaching approaches with the potential to transform your teaching practice.
This book discusses the current state of the art in research on the education and learning of adults, and how such research has been transformed through contemporary policy and research practices.
This volume brings a variety of perspectives to bear on the issue of how higher education institutions can - or should - choose students during the early part of the 21st century.
Leben muss als Ergebnis der Evolution aufgefasst werden und menschliches Leben als die Entstehung der Art Sapiens aus der Gattung des Homo aus der Familie der Menschenaffen.
This book is concerned with the general issues of ageing, learning and education for the elderly and then with the more specific issues of why, how and what elders want to learn.
This volume analyzes e-learning in European higher education, focusing on the technological, ecological, and social challenges of digital transformation.
This collection brings together insightful chapters which explore diverse student success initiatives and programs in response to challenges faced by community colleges.
An exploration of teacher education programs around the world finds common focus in the use of core practices to better prepare teachers for the classroom
