Adult education, continuous learning

This is a book on the good practice of mentoring written by scholars and practitioners in education, health and industry.

Effective schools or improving schools are fashionable terms in the rhetoric of recent education movements, yet the heart of these movements is often more to do with teaching quality than with school practice.

Effective schools or improving schools are fashionable terms in the rhetoric of recent education movements, yet the heart of these movements is often more to do with teaching quality than with school practice.

The Report of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education chaired by Sir Ron Dearing was published in July 1997.

This volume analyzes different types of knowledge and know-how used by practising professionals in their work and how these different kinds of knowledge are acquired by a combination of learning from books, learning from people and learning from personal experience.

This volume analyzes different types of knowledge and know-how used by practising professionals in their work and how these different kinds of knowledge are acquired by a combination of learning from books, learning from people and learning from personal experience.

The Report of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education chaired by Sir Ron Dearing was published in July 1997.

After more than a century of being undervalued, further education has been thrust into the limelight.

After more than a century of being undervalued, further education has been thrust into the limelight.

The crisis around teaching and learning of mathematics and its use in everyday life and work relate to a number of issues.

The crisis around teaching and learning of mathematics and its use in everyday life and work relate to a number of issues.

'Lifelong Learning' is a hot issue for educators across the world, as societies everywhere are concerned with developing a literate, skilled and flexible workforce and to widen participation in education at all levels and for all age-groups.

'Lifelong Learning' is a hot issue for educators across the world, as societies everywhere are concerned with developing a literate, skilled and flexible workforce and to widen participation in education at all levels and for all age-groups.

Those responsible for professional development in public and private-sector organizations have long had to deal with an uncomfortable reality.

Those responsible for professional development in public and private-sector organizations have long had to deal with an uncomfortable reality.

First Published in 1999.

First Published in 1999.

Now We Read, We See, We Speak compellingly captures eight women's progress toward empowerment through a Freirean-based literacy class in rural El Salvador and, in the process, provides telling lessons for literacy and adult educators around the world.

Now We Read, We See, We Speak compellingly captures eight women's progress toward empowerment through a Freirean-based literacy class in rural El Salvador and, in the process, provides telling lessons for literacy and adult educators around the world.

Although there has been a great deal of rhetoric about learner empowerment in educational and community development circles, this book is the first to offer detailed examples of successful participatory practices in adult education spanning a wide range of program settings, such as schools, institutions, communities, and the workplace.

Although there has been a great deal of rhetoric about learner empowerment in educational and community development circles, this book is the first to offer detailed examples of successful participatory practices in adult education spanning a wide range of program settings, such as schools, institutions, communities, and the workplace.

Reading Work: Literacies in the New Workplace explores changing understandings of literacy and its place in contemporary workplace settings.

Reading Work: Literacies in the New Workplace explores changing understandings of literacy and its place in contemporary workplace settings.

The book provides a historical overview of adult literacy theory, policy, practice, and research from the mid-1980s to the present.

The book provides a historical overview of adult literacy theory, policy, practice, and research from the mid-1980s to the present.

The Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research Policy, and Practice, Volume 4 is the newest addition to a series of annual publications of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) that address major issues, the latest research, and the best practices in the field of adult literacy and learning.

The Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research Policy, and Practice, Volume 4 is the newest addition to a series of annual publications of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) that address major issues, the latest research, and the best practices in the field of adult literacy and learning.

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

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

A largely undiscussed problem exists in the counseling community.

A largely undiscussed problem exists in the counseling community.

Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice, Volume 6, includes chapters on:*Demographic change and low-literacy Americans;*The role of vocabulary in Adult Basic Education;*Implications of research on spelling for Adult Basic Education;*Issues in teaching speaking skills to adult ESOL learners;*The preparation and stability of the Adult Basic Education teaching workforce;*The adult literacy system in Ireland; and*Broad-based organizing as a vehicle for promoting adult literacy.

Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice, Volume 6, includes chapters on:*Demographic change and low-literacy Americans;*The role of vocabulary in Adult Basic Education;*Implications of research on spelling for Adult Basic Education;*Issues in teaching speaking skills to adult ESOL learners;*The preparation and stability of the Adult Basic Education teaching workforce;*The adult literacy system in Ireland; and*Broad-based organizing as a vehicle for promoting adult literacy.

This volume revisits, problematizes, and expands the meaning of quality in the context of adult basic education.

This volume revisits, problematizes, and expands the meaning of quality in the context of adult basic education.

This scholarly book in SIOP's Organizational Frontier series looks at research on enhancing knowledge acquisition and its application in organizations.

This scholarly book in SIOP's Organizational Frontier series looks at research on enhancing knowledge acquisition and its application in organizations.

The time is right for this comprehensive, state-of-the-art Handbook that analyzes, integrates, and summarizes theoretical advances and research findings on adult development and learning - a rapidly growing field reflecting demographic shifts toward an aging population in Western societies.

The time is right for this comprehensive, state-of-the-art Handbook that analyzes, integrates, and summarizes theoretical advances and research findings on adult development and learning - a rapidly growing field reflecting demographic shifts toward an aging population in Western societies.

First Published in 1998.

First Published in 1998.

Scholar, activist, and educator Paulo Freire was one of the first thinkers to fully appreciate the relationships between education, politics, imperialism, and liberation.

Scholar, activist, and educator Paulo Freire was one of the first thinkers to fully appreciate the relationships between education, politics, imperialism, and liberation.

Praxis and Politics explores the knowledge arising from activist praxis and its significance for reimagining radical and democratic politics.

Praxis and Politics explores the knowledge arising from activist praxis and its significance for reimagining radical and democratic politics.

There has been a flurry of writing about teachers as inquirers and researchers as well as books about children as inquirers.

There has been a flurry of writing about teachers as inquirers and researchers as well as books about children as inquirers.

Doing Better is intended to help therapists and counselors to explore more fully and systematically the processes of self-improvement in their work and lives.

Doing Better is intended to help therapists and counselors to explore more fully and systematically the processes of self-improvement in their work and lives.

Action learning is a method of learning that takes place in a group - of colleagues or students.