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Beyond Rhetoric
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2003; US$ 70.00Adults with busy lifestyles, whatever their education level or employment situation, may well ask why they should resume learning. The reality is that the changing requirements of knowledge-based societies, skill shortages and the increasing importance of civil participation and social cohesion drive the need to continually update adults' skills and... more...
Co-financing Lifelong Learning
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2004; US$ 39.00Lifelong learning is not yet a reality for all. Economic and financial factors continue to limit opportunities in ways that are neither efficient nor equitable. Part of the problem is that our societies still have the habit of viewing learning as something for the young, something that is state supported. more...
Literature Circles
Stenhouse Publishers 2001; US$ 23.40This updated edition provides more strategies, structures, and tools for launching and managing literature circles effectively in K?12 classrooms, with examples from 20 practicing teachers. more...
Virtual Learning Environments
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 55.95Virtual learning environments are widely spread in higher education, yet they are often under utilised by the institutions that employ them. This book addresses the need to move beyond thinking about the VLE simply in terms of the particular package that an institution has adopted, and viewing it as a significant educational technology that will shape... more...
Adult Literacy, Numeracy and Language
McGraw-Hill Education 2006; US$ 217.00Explores the social practice of literacy, numeracy and language and its implications for teaching and learning adult basic skills. This book shows how the social practice approach to learning and teaching can be used to develop more inclusive views of adult literacy, numeracy and language. more...
ICT and Learning
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 33.00Across both the industrialised and the developing worlds, educators have high hopes for information and communications technology (ICT). ICT has been seen as a potentially powerful tool for raising educational performance and increasing access to learning by the disadvantaged. Can it live up to these hopes? And does it have particular relevance to... more...
Teaching and Learning in Further Education
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 49.95Further education colleges now deliver education and training to more students than any other institutions in the post-compulsory sector. Presenting a practical guide to teaching and learning within the context of the changing FE environment, this book addresses the diverse nature of the curriculum and of the student body for which it is designed.... more...
Philosophical Perspectives on Lifelong Learning
Springer 2007; US$ 219.99The aim of this book is provide an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly source of information about the international concern for the philosophy, theory, categories and concepts of lifelong learning. The books is concerned to examine in depth the range of philosophical perspectives in the field of lifelong learning theory, policy, practice and... more...
Learning Support for Mature Students
SAGE Publications 2006; US$ 51.00This is an inspirational and highly practical book for students returning to study. Author Liz Hoult provides an easy-to-read and reassuring guide to learning. Learning Support: A Guide for Mature Students explores how adults learn and the ways in which different abilities and experiences can be used to learn more effectively. The book is written... more...
Ageing and Careers
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008; US$ 199.00This e-book introduces a collection of papers about ageing and careers that contributes to the literature on two career-related topics, i.e. long-term career development and early retirement more...









