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Dimensions of adult learning : adult education and training in a global era

Author: Griff Foley
Publisher: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2004.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Offers a broad overview of adult learning in the workplace and community. It introduces the core skills and knowledge which underpin effective practice and also examines adult education policy and research, and highlights the social nature of adult learning.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Griff Foley
ISBN: 1741142822 9781741142822
OCLC Number: 56393100
Description: xv, 335 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Part I. Our approach --
1. Introduction : The state of adult education and learning / Griff Foley --
2. The new professional and vocational education / Andrew Gonczi --
3. The educational nature of feminist action / Nelly P. Stromquist --
Part II. Core knowledge and skills --
4. Understanding adult learners / Tara Fenwick & Mark Tennant --
5. Teaching adults / Tom Nesbit, Linda Leach & Griff Foley --
6. Program development in adult education and training / Thomas Sork & Mike Newman --
Part III. Social context, policy and research --
7. Histories of adult education / Bob Boughton, Lucy Taksa & Mike Welton --
8. Economics, politics and adult education / Shirley Walters ... [et al.] --
9. Policy formation in adult education and training / Kjell Rubenson & Francesca Beddie --
10. Research in adult education and training / John McIntyre & Nancy Grudens-Schuck --
Part IV. Innovations and issues --
11. On-line adult learning / Bruce Spencer --
12. Rethinking "organisational" learning / Laurie Field --
13. Workplace learning / Keith Forrester & Paul McTigue --
14. Vocational education and training / Damon Anderson, Mike Brown & Peter Rushbrook --
15. Radical adult education and learning / Joce Jesson & Mike Newman --
16. Problem-based learning / Peter Stephenson & Vernon Galloway --
17. Culture, equity and learning / Barbara Sparks & Shauna Butterwick.
Responsibility: edited by Griff Foley.

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Offers a broad overview of adult learning in the workplace and community. It introduces the core skills and knowledge which underpin effective practice and also examines adult education policy and research, and highlights the social nature of adult learning.

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