Comparative adult education and learning authors and texts

This volume explores the topics of adult learning and education through the specific lens of comparative research. The book is divided into four chapters comprising two parts: an analytic essay followed by an anthology of readings from a selection of key texts intended to illustrate different perspe...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Slowey, Maria, editor (editor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Firenze, Italy : Firenze University Press [2016]
Series:Studies on adult learning and education ; Volume 7
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009746913506719
Table of Contents:
  • TABLES
  • Preface
  • Table 1 - Categorization of Readings
  • Critical Overview of the Roles of International Organisations
  • in the Development of Adult Learning and Education
  • Table 2 - International Organizations in ALE 138-139
  • FIGURES
  • Scoping the Field of Study: Key Concepts in Comparative Adult
  • Education and Learning
  • Figure 1.1 - Intersecting domains (adapted from Evans and Robinson-Pant 2010, Figure 1)
  • Figure 1.2 - Schematic Diagram of Interrelationships Between Discipline, Methodology and Arena of Stud
  • Figure 1.3 - Percent of adult aged 16-65 who participated in organized adult learning in 12-month period
  • Figure 1.4 - Annualized growth rate of organized adult learning between PIAAC (2012) and IALS (1990s)
  • Figure 1.5 - Percent of adults who attained their highest qualification beyond the normative age
  • What to compare? Comparative issues in adult education
  • Figure 3.1 - A Framework for Comparative Educational Analysis
  • Figure 3.2 - A Relationship Model for Comparative Research in Adult Education. [Author's own].