Product Description: Proficiency in English language and literacy is increasingly seen as a requirement for success in education and employment. Training to Teach Adults English is an accessible textbook supporting trainee teachers in initial teacher education programs that cover or are focused on teaching/training in adult literacy and ESOL...read more

Product Description: Rita and Gerald traces the history of adult learning in the UK from the mid-19th century to the present. Both a celebration and a defence of adult education, it shows how adult education has adapted to change over 200 years and why the sector is today needed more than ever...read more

Product Description: Written specifically for Education Studies students, this accessible text offers a clear introduction to lifelong learning and the impact it has on all areas of society. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, it explores what lifelong learning is, where learning can and does take place and who is accessing it...read more

Product Description: This highly topical book examines the promises - for social improvement, a better life, and greater freedom - that are deeply inscribed in enriched citizenship: a deep sense of belonging, a full and open expression of people's identities, and an extensive engagement in lifelong learning across the lifespan...read more

Product Description: Border Country: Raymond Williams in adult education is an intriguing study of the making of an intellectual, and reveals Williams's searching analysis of the conditions for a genuine learning society. It will be of interest to students of literature, cultural studies, sociology, politics, as well as education...read more

A great deal can be learnt about the state of the heart by using the techniques of nuclear medicine. This colour atlas helps cardiologists and nuclear medicine specialists in the understanding and interpretation of these images. The atlas contains over 250 illustrations of which 200 are in full colour. The authors provide comments on these images, indicating how they should be interpreted. The approach is based on case studies, which makes it of real practical value. The reader should be left with a clear understanding of the imaging methodology, as well as an increased ability to recognize and interpret the images. This book should be of interest to cardiologists, radiologists and nuclear medicine specialists.