| Description |
1 online resource (314 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Lifelong learning and social justice: Introduction; PART ONE -- SUSTAINING COMMUNITIES; Sustaining communities: Introduction; Chapter One Lifelong learning and environmental sustainability; Chapter Two Literacy, lifelong learning and social inclusion: Empowering learners to learn about equality and reconciliation through lived experiences; Chapter Three Women, education and peacebuilding in Northern Ireland; Chapter Four Community engagement and the idea of a 'good university'; Sustaining communities: Conclusion |
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PART TWO -- LEARNING AND WORKINGLearning and working: Introduction; Chapter Five Welfare to work: Training, benefits, un/employment and social justice; Chapter Six Social justice, inclusion and lifelong learning in Scotland: The experiences of adult learners; Chapter Seven Learning to be a good citizen: Informal learning through unpaid household work among recent Chinese immigrants in Canada; Learning and working: Conclusion; PART THREE -- IDENTITIES; Identities: Introduction; Chapter Eight Transformations: Lifelong learners in the era of globalisation |
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Chapter Nine Dialogical processes in adult learning: teacher identity and professional development in New Zealand's low socioeconomic communitiesChapter Ten Challenging constructed learner identities: Women's informal learning; Chapter Eleven Love in a cold climate: Mental illness and learning to write 'I love you'; Identities: Conclusion; Lifelong learning and social justice: Conclusion; Index |
| Summary |
This important book argues that there needs to be a sharp re-focus to an alignment of lifelong learning with social justice. It is timely in its calls to turn the debate to social issues |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Continuing education.
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Adult education.
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Social justice.
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Education, Continuing
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Social Justice
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continuing education.
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Adult education
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Continuing education
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Social justice
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Soziale Gerechtigkeit
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Lebenslanges Lernen
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Globalisierung
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781862014961 |
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1862014965 |
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1283370867 |
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9781283370868 |
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186201454X |
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9781862014541 |
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9786613370860 |
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661337086X |
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