Adult Education and Lifelong Learning Paperbacks

New and Published Books

1. Learning and Living 1790-1960

   A Study in the History of the English Adult Education Movement

   By J F C Harrison

   Originally published in 1961, the book charts the dynamics of successive phases of the adult education movement and shows the social origin and development of the ideas and attitudes of those involved with it....

   Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge
2. Knowledge and Innovation

   A Comparative Study of the USA, the UK and Japan

   By Helen Brown

   Series: Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology

   This new book presents case studies from the US, the UK and Japan. Packed full of vignettes from cases studies and subscribing to a socio-cultural approach rather than the often tacit assumption that knowledge and ‘technology transfer’ is a logistical problem, this excellent volume illuminates the...

   Published June 13th 2012 by Routledge
3. Women, War, Violence and Learning

   Edited by Shahrzad Mojab

   This anthology provides fresh theorization of gendered dimensions of learning, war, and violence, with a view to offering new insights on the impact of violence on women’s learning and well being. The collection is an important contribution to emerging interdisciplinary approaches to the role and...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
4. Toward Defining and Improving Quality in Adult Basic Education

   Issues and Challenges

   Edited by Alisa Belzer

   Published May 10th 2012 by Routledge
5. World Yearbook of Education 2007

   Educating the Global Workforce: Knowledge, Knowledge Work and Knowledge Workers

   Edited by Lesley Farrell, Tara Fenwick

   Series: World Yearbook of Education

   The 2007 edition of this respected international volume considers the challenges facing work related education arising from the rapid expansion of the global economy and the impact of this on labour markets and individual workers. Including perspectives from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Africa,...

   Published March 25th 2012 by Routledge
6. From Adult Education to the Learning Society

   21 Years of the International Journal of Lifelong Education

   By Peter Jarvis

   Series: Education Heritage

   This unique text provides a valuable route map to the development of thinking in adult education and lifelong learning. It includes more than twenty-five seminal articles from the first two decades of the International Journal of Lifelong Education, written by leading authors in the field from the...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
7. Tracking Adult Literacy and Numeracy Skills

   Findings from Longitudinal Research

   Edited by Stephen Reder, John Bynner

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   Understanding the origins of poor literacy and numeracy skills in adulthood and how to improve them is of major importance when society places a high premium on proficiency in these basic skills. This edited collection brings together the results of recent longitudinal studies that greatly extend...

   Published August 14th 2011 by Routledge
8. 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
9. Learning, Natural Capital and Sustainable Development

   Options for an Uncertain World

   Edited by John Foster, Stephen Gough

   This special issue of the journal Environmental Education Research addresses a topical area of importance - human behaviour towards the environment. The book explores the economic metaphor of 'natural capital' in this context arguing that the currently dominant model of sustainable development,...

   Published December 3rd 2007 by Routledge