This book focuses on reconceptualising the teaching of STEM education through dialogue and transformative learning, presenting examples of research from Mexico and the UK.
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.
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.
Offers a range of related perspectives on competence issues, which should be of interest to policy-makers, practitioners, academics and researchers in the fields of teaching, social work, and youth and community work.
Die Probleme der betrieblichen Personalpolitik, der Eingliederung des Menschen in die Betriebsorganisation und der Mitbestimmung sind von mir seit etwa zwei Jahrzehnten in einer Reihe von Einzeluntersuchungen behandelt worden.
This timely Handbook takes stock of the range of debates that characterise the field of international education and development, and suggests key aspects of a research agenda for the next period.
Originally published in 1988, this book provides perspective on conceptualisations of adult education in the late 20th century, the range of providing agencies and the varying orientations towards defining the role of the adult educator.
This book discusses the tradition of clowning from an educational perspective, highlighting the resonant philosophies between the two professions and asking what one can learn from the other.
The overriding issue for many Further Education teachers and trainees is learner disengagement, leading to behavioural issues and a lack of motivation in the classroom.
Adult literacy teachers are constantly searching for effective, engaging and distinctly 'adult' ways to develop adult emergent reading and, for at least the past two hundred years, adults have formed themselves into reading circles to read and discuss novels on a weekly or monthly basis.
Schlanke Organisationsstrukturen in der Arbeitswelt erfordern mitdenkende Arbeitnehmer und Arbeitnehmerinnen, die die Prozesse der Arbeitswelt mitgestalten.
Das Buch zeigt, wie Appelle des Lebenslangen Lernens von Menschen in Deutschland rezipiert werden und dokumentiert damit die Ergebnisse einer DFG-geförderten Studie.
The Development of the Mechanics' Institute Movement in Britain and Beyond questions the prevailing view that mechanics' institutes made little contribution to adult working-class education from their foundation in the 1820s to 1890.
NHS support workers, such as nursing Healthcare Assistants, Maternity Support Workers, and Therapy Assistants, often provide the majority of face-to-face care to patients, clients and their families.
Argues for the financial backing from governments and industry for adult education and will help adult and community educators draw comparisons between their own work and that of their colleagues in other developed countries.
Originally published in 1991 this book is a comparative study of systems of preparing adult educators in the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Cyprus.
This core text provides comprehensive support for pre-service and in-service trainee teachers in the Lifelong Learning Sector covering all they need to know to achieve QTLS status.
Both accessible and comprehensive, Narrative Career Counselling bridges the gap between theory and practice to allow a full understanding of the topic and allow confident implementation within professional settings.
Global Networks, Local Actions: Rethinking adult education policy in the 21st century examines public policy developments in adult education, exploring the policy framing of adult education practice in a range of socio-cultural contexts, and contributing to the development of policy research from global and comparative perspectives.
During the 1980s and 1990s the elaboration of a reformed system of vocational qualifications was perhaps the most controversial of all the governments efforts to improve the provision of vocational education and training.
This is an encompassing review that addresses all aspects of literacy (reading, numeracy, and technological literacy, for example) with a global perspective.
Family-Centered Treatment With Struggling Young Adults is an indispensible guidebook to the unique set of problems and opportunities that families face when young adults are experiencing difficulty pulling anchor and setting sail.
For over a decade the education and employment systems of western industrialized countries have had to adapt to the changes brought about by the post-industrial age.
Incorporating Japanese language materials and field-based research, this compelling collection of essays takes a comparative look at the changing notions of gender and sexual diversity in Japan, considering both heterosexual and non-heterosexual histories, lifestyles and identities.
Power, Culture, and Family-School Relations: Towards Culturally Sustaining Practices explores the extent to which common practices in school-based family outreach advance equity or sustain the status quo in power and cultural relations.
Ecologies for Learning and Practice provides the first systematic account of the ideas of learning ecologies and ecologies of practice and locates the two concepts within the context of our contemporary world.
Online Education is a comprehensive exploration of fully online and blended teaching platforms, addressing history, theory, research, planning, and practice.
Die jungen Menschen, die jetzt ein Lehramtsstudium beginnen oder neu in den Beruf eintreten, werden über viele Jahre das Bild der Lehrerin/des Lehrers in der Öffentlichkeit bestimmen und das Leben an den Schulen prägen.
