Bøker av Peter (University of Surrey Jarvis

Considers the many changes that have occurred in the field of adult education.

Offers a different perspective on lifelong learning and the learning society and locates them within humanity itself. This book addresses the issues that arise from the vision of the learning society. It concludes that since human beings continue to learn, so the learning society must be a process within the incomplete project of humanity.

Critically assesses the learning that is required and provided within a learning society and gives a detailed sociological analysis of the emerging role of lifelong learning with examples from around the globe. This book looks at the development of the knowledge economy; and provides a critique of lifelong learning and the learning society.

Increasing demand for adult and continuing education around the world has led to an increase in its complexity. Containing over 3500 references, this book offers details on the concepts, organizations and figures in adult and continuing education for practitioners, researchers and students.

Provides a route map to the development of thinking in adult education and lifelong learning. This book includes more than twenty-five articles from twenty-one years of the "International Journal of Lifelong Education". It is useful for scholars and policy-makers.

This book provides a comprehensive and existential theory of individual learning throughout the lifespan.