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  1. Telling Lives

    Exploring dimensions of narratives

    By Marianne Horsdal

    Both interest in and understanding of narrative analysis had developed rapidly in recent years and is now a mainstream element of research across many disciplines. In the groundbreaking Telling Lives: Exploring dimensions of narratives, the author illustrates as many facets as possible of the...

    Published July 14th 2011 by Routledge

  2. Education: The Basics

    By Kay Wood

    Series: The Basics

    @text: Everyone knows that education is important, we are confronted daily by discussion of it in the media and by politicians, but how much do we really know about education? Education: The Basics is a lively and engaging introduction to education as an academic subject, taking into account both...

    Published June 16th 2011 by Routledge

  3. Theories of Learning for the Workplace

    Building blocks for training and professional development programs

    By Filip Dochy, David Gijbels, Mien Segers, Piet Van den Bossche

    Series: Routledge Psychology in Education

    Workplace and professional learning, lifelong learning, adult learning, learning in different contexts have become of more and more interest and now dominate all aspects of 21st century life. Learning is no longer about ‘storing and recall’ but ‘development and flow’. Theories of Learning in the...

    Published June 13th 2011 by Routledge

  4. Rethinking Widening Participation in Higher Education

    The Role of Social Networks

    Edited by Alison Fuller, Sue Heath, Brenda Johnston

    Extending the chance for people from diverse backgrounds to participate in Higher Education (HE) is a priority in the UK and many countries internationally. Previous work on widening participation in HE however has focussed on why people choose to go to university but this vital new research has...

    Published April 20th 2011 by Routledge

  5. Learning Futures

    Education, Technology and Social Change

    By Keri Facer

    In the twenty-first century, educators around the world are being told that they need to transform education systems to adapt young people for the challenges of a global digital knowledge economy. Too rarely, however, do we ask whether this future vision is robust, achievable or even desirable,...

    Published March 27th 2011 by Routledge

  6. The Adult Learner

    7th Edition

    By Malcolm S. Knowles, Elwood F. Holton III, Richard A. Swanson

    "A great update of a classic. Should be required reading for anyone involved with adult learning in schools, businesses and communities." Sam Stern, Professor & Dean, School of Education, Oregon State University, USA How do you tailor education to the learning needs of adults? Do they learn...

    Published March 8th 2011 by Routledge

  7. Lifelong Learning in Paid and Unpaid Work

    Survey and Case Study Findings

    Edited by D.W. Livingstone

    Lifelong Learning is essential to all individuals and in recent years has become a guiding principle for policy initiatives, ranging from national economic competition to issues of social cohesion and personal fulfilment. However, despite the importance of lifelong learning there is a critical...

    Published March 3rd 2011 by Routledge

  8. Improving Learning through the Lifecourse

    Learning Lives

    By Gert Biesta, John Field, Phil Hodkinson, Flora J. Macleod, Ivor F. Goodson

    Series: Improving Learning

    Adult learning matters. There is now widespread agreement that modern countries depend on the creativity, skills and knowledge of the entire population for their prosperity. Many people talk of our future well-being in terms of a ‘knowledge economy’ or a ‘learning society’ in which every person’s...

    Published February 22nd 2011 by Routledge

  9. Academic Writing

    A Handbook for International Students, 3rd Edition

    By Stephen Bailey

    Most international students need to write essays and reports for exams and coursework. Yet writing good academic English is a demanding task. This new edition of Academic Writing has been fully revised to help students reach this goal. Clearly organised, the course explains the writing process from...

    Published January 19th 2011 by Routledge

  10. Innovations in Lifelong Learning

    Critical Perspectives on Diversity, Participation and Vocational Learning

    Edited by Sue Jackson

    This book opens up ways to engage critically with what counts as innovatory practice in lifelong learning today, locating its discussion of innovations in lifelong learning within an international and comparative framework. Innovations in Lifelong Learning engages first hand with issues and...

    Published December 6th 2010 by Routledge