Key Concepts in Adult Education and Training
Price: $45.95
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-27579-8
- Binding: Paperback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 24th October 2002
- Pages: 208
About the Book
This book is an accessible and jargon-free guide to the key concepts used in adult education and training. The author examines in detail forty-five of these concepts, ranging from core concepts such as education and development, to more specialist concepts like social capital and social inclusion. This new edition has been fully revised and updated in view of the recent surge of interest in concepts such as lifelong education and the learning society.All those involved in the field of adult education and training come into contact with specialist ideas or concepts on a daily basis. This book is designed for students and practitioners of adult education and training who wish to develop their understanding of these many associated concepts. At the end of each chapter there is also an annotated list of useful books or articles for those who would like to investigate particular concepts in more detail.
About the Author(s)
Professor Malcolm Tight works in the Department if Continuing Education at the University of Warwick. He is also the editor of the T&F Journal Studies in Higher EducationCustomers who bought Key Concepts in Adult Education and Training also bought:
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