Being an Adult Learner in Austere Times Exploring the Contexts of Higher, Further and Community Education /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Boeren, Ellen (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), James, Nalita (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Lifelong learning.; Adult education.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; Higher education.; Professional education.; Vocational education.; Lifelong Learning/Adult Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Higher Education.; Professional & Vocational Education.

This book examines the experiences of adult learners in times of austerity. The power of adult education to transform lives is well known, and it is especially powerful for those who missed out on educational opportunities earlier in life. Those who have been successful learners in the past are more...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1. Adult education in austere times: an introduction; Nalita James and Ellen Boeren
• Chapter 2. Being an adult learner in Europe and the UK: persisting inequalities and the role of the welfare state; Ellen Boeren
• Chapter 3. The message or the bottle? Community, associationism and adult learning as "part of the process of social change"; Sharon Clancy
• Chapter 4. Keeping going in austere times: the declining spaces for adult widening participation in HE in England; Lindsey Fraser and Kerry Harman
• Chapter 5. Mature Students and Social Isolation: being excluded or choosing to be alone?; Charlotte Sutton
• Chapter 6. Subjects in formation: women's experiences of Access to Higher Education courses and entering Higher Education; Sherene Meir
• Chapter 7. Further educations: transformative teaching and learning for adults in times of austerity; Vicky Duckworth and Rob Smith
• Chapter 8. Adult education in community organisations supporting homeless adults: exploring the impact of austerity politics; Katy Jones
• Chapter 9. Conclusions and recommendations; Ellen Boeren and Nalita James.