Product Description: This book opens with a debate regarding the nature of learning as a religious phenomenon. The relationship between faith and knowledge is the basis for a number of contributions to this work. A discussion on interpretations of learning, followed by the implications for the individual and the nature and role of the individual in the debate, can also be found in this text...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Sponsored by the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education The foremost scholars in adult education reflect on key areas in the field where growth, change, and progress have been most significant since the 1964 publication of the seminal Adult Education: Outlines of an Emerging Field of University Study (the black book)...read more

Product Description: This book is a comparative study of systems for preparing adult educators in the major European countries. It provides reference material on funding, provision and cultural orientation in the Benelux countries, France and the Mediterranean, the German-speaking countries, Scandinavia, the United Kingdom and Eire...read more

Product Description: The theory of adult education has been developed in the 20th century by a number of philosophers. This book reviews 13 major figures, and demonstrates their contributions to the field. Beginning with a general section on the development of adult educational knowledge, the following chapters explore the ideas of such thinkers as Paulo Freire, John Dewey, Ettore Gelpi and Malcolm S...read more

Product Description: The term "teacher practitioner" is used throughout this book to describe a nurse, midwife or health visitor who is a clinical practitioner but who also has a designated role for teaching students of the appropriate discipline. This text aims to provide information and ideas about teaching and learning in situations where one teacher is involved with one student, or at the most with a small group of learners...read more

Product Description: Examines the concept of education from the perspective of educating people in a wide variety of professions and examines the aims, curricula and methods of appraisal of professional education.