Second International Handbook of Lifelong Learning

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Aspin, David N. (Editor), Chapman, Judith (Editor), Evans, Karen (Editor), Bagnall, Richard (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Series: Springer International Handbooks of Education ; 26
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational sociology.; Education > Philosophy.; Lifelong learning.; Adult education.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Lifelong Learning/Adult Education.; International and Comparative Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Educational Philosophy.; Sociology of Education.

The second edition of the International Handbook of Lifelong Learning is extensive, innovative, and international in scope, remit and vision, inviting its readers to engage in a critical re-appraisal of the theme of “lifelong learning”. It is a thorough-going, rigorous and scholarly work, with profo...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword; Arne Carlsen
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction and Overview; David N. Aspin, Karen Evans, Judith D. Chapman and Richard Bagnall
• Part I: History, Theory, and Philosophy; Section Editor: David N. Aspin
• Part II: The Policy Challenge; Section Editor: Karen Evans
• Part III: Programmes and Practices; Section Editor: Judith D. Chapman
• Part IV: A Critical Stocktaking; Section Editor: Richard G. Bagnall
• List of Contributors
• Index.