Reviews: Lifelong learning

16 reviews found for "Lifelong learning"

Book review: Reflective practice in the lifelong learning sector: This is a book review of Reflective practice in the lifelong learning sector by Jodi Roffey-Barentsen and Richard Malthouse, published by Learning Matters in 2009, ISBN 9781844451845. It was reviewed by Jonathan Tummons of Teesside University on behalf of ESCalate. This book is for trainee teachers in the learning and skills sector, who are working towards professional qualifications such as a PGCE or Certificate in Education. The key themes of...
Book Review: Continuing Professional Development in the Lifelong Learning Sector: The authors of this book all come from the University of Derby. It is mainly aimed at those teaching fourteen to eighteen year olds. The reviewers find the book good, especially for reference and for anyone new to this area. The book considers the importance of CPD and gives an overview of the Institute for Learning. The merits of various qualifications are discussed. Other issues include reflective practice and development for new teachers
Book review : Preparing to teach in the lifelong learning sector (3rd ed.): This is a book review of Preparing to teach in the lifelong learning sector (3rd ed.) by Ann Gravells, published by Learning Matters in 2008, ISBN 9781844451463. It was reviewed by Anne Freeman of Stourbridge College on behalf of ESCalate. The book is a useful guide to follow to meet the requirements of City and Guilds Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (C&G PTLLS). It is a good introduction for level 3 candidates. It has been...
Book Review: The Changing Face of Further Education: Lifelong learning, inclusion and community values in further education: This is a thoroughly stimulating book. After a brief, but appropriate, dip into the history of further education, the book takes on major issues in current education which find special expression in further education, but in one way or another touch all sectors and levels – lifelong learning, skills in education, inclusion, HE in FE, communitarian values
Book review: Becoming a professional tutor in the lifelong learning sector: This is a book review of Becoming a professional tutor in the lifelong learning sector by Jonathan Tummons, published by Learning Matters in 2010, ISBN 9781844453030. It was reviewed by Lynn Boyle of the University of Dundee on behalf of ESCalate. The book begins with clear explanations of what the reader can expect and will gain from either reading the book all the way through or simply dipping in to each themed chapter. The intention of the...
Book Review: Lifelong Learning: Education Across The Lifespan: This book's editors, John Field and Mal Leicester, have pulled off a very ambitious task. In a collection of 24 chapters from 29 authors, there are significant contributions to theory, comparative perspectives, the literature on access and widening participation and curriculum
Book Review: The Pedagogy of Lifelong Learning: Understanding Effective Teaching and Learning in Diverse Contexts: This edited collection, drawing on a 2005 conference held at the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning, imagines the reader to be of catholic tastes to say the least. Chapters in this collection, drawing on a range of research projects variously funded by the TLRP, cover topics as diverse as academic identities within UK and Australian Higher Education, the literacy practices of vocational students within Further Education colleges in both...
Book review : Teaching in the lifelong learning sector: This is a book review of Teaching in the lifelong learning sector by Peter Scales, published by the Open University Press in 2008, ISBN 9780335222407. It was reviewed by Jonathan Tummons of the University of Teesside on behalf of ESCalate. The book has a number of key textual features that are present throughout the book. Chapters have specific aims and are mapped to relevant parts of the QTLS framework; extracts from reflective journals provided...
Book review : The concepts and practices of lifelong learning: This is a book review of The concepts and practices of lifelong learning, by Brenda Morgan-Klein and Mike Osborne, published by Routledge in 2007, ISBN 9780415428613. It was reviewed by Deborah Lee of Nottingham Trent University on behalf of ESCalate. Morgan-Klein and Osborne explore the emergence of the concept of lifelong learning, how it can be interpreted and - perhaps most importantly - how it is being debated: they note, for instance, that...
Book Review: Reconstructing the lifelong learner: Pedagogy and Identity in individual, organisation and social change: Lifelong learning starts at birth and ends at death. This book focuses on the adult learner, so the title is imprecise. It also features 'pedagogy' meaning 'attending to the training of children'. These highlight pitfalls awaiting writer on adult education. The solution 'andragogy' is not an answer, since this is gendered, 'attending to the training of men'. I propose we simply talk about learning strategies
Book review : Teaching with e-learning in the lifelong learning sector (2nd ed.): This is a book review of Teaching with e-learning in the lifelong learning sector (2nd ed.) by Chris Hill, published by Learning Matters in 2008, ISBN 9781844451357. It was reviewed by Malcolm Barry of the Learning from Experience Trust. This is the second edition of a book first published in 2003 as Teaching using information and learning technology in Further Education. Much has changed since 2003 and the book aims to reflect this, notably in...
Book Review: Lifelong Learning in action - Transforming Education in the 21st Century: The first part of the book addresses key concepts in lifelong learning for the 21st century and outlines a brief history of lifelong learning and its major features. Part two examines why schools are important for creating a lifelong learning future and what they can do to help create personal fulfilment, social stability and economic prosperity
Book Review: Social Capital, Lifelong Learning and the Management of Place: An International Perspective: In this collection lifelong learning is linked to social capital, the development of regions and the management of place. Presentations made at the third international PASCAL Observatory conference in October 2005 are drawn on and developed so that research which looked at those policies and practices implemented at local and regional levels can be explored further. The collection reflects the far reaching changes that are taking place in...
Book Review: Promoting Lifelong Learning for Older Workers: An International Overview: 65: “We live and learn”. That is the title of a lecture given by the founding Chair of my organisation, Sir Charles Carter, and it encapsulates the philosophy of the Trust. By contrast, the sub-title of this collection might be summarised as “we live and earn” or, even more instrumentally, “we live to earn”. Not that this is unexpected for a publication from this source. Cedefop is the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training...
Book Review: Flexibility and Lifelong Learning: This book’s sub-title (“Policy, discourse and politics”) should be given due weight by potential readers. Katherine Nicoll’s main emphasis here is on how the concepts of flexibility and lifelong learning are constructed, positioned and rendered persuasive to the reader in education policy texts. She draws on the work of Michel Foucault and critical discourse analysts such as Norman Fairclough, as well as classical rhetorical analysis, in order to...
Book Review: Knowledge, Power and Learning: This edited work brings together papers from twelve different authors and functions as a key text for a level two Open University course. The themes of the title are explored in relation to socio-cultural contexts ranging from school classroom learning, vocational and adult education settings, to work-based learning. These papers share concerns arising from the growth in significance of communications and information technology in the context of...