Improving learning in later life
With life expectancy increasing, there is growing emphasis on encouraging older people to continue learning. This comes as part of a strategy to allow them to remain healthy, independent and vitally engaged in society for as long as possible. All the same, policymakers have barely begun to address t...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2010.
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| Series: | Improving learning TLRP.
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess MyiLibrary |
| Summary: | With life expectancy increasing, there is growing emphasis on encouraging older people to continue learning. This comes as part of a strategy to allow them to remain healthy, independent and vitally engaged in society for as long as possible. All the same, policymakers have barely begun to address the issues involved and the perspectives of these learners. This book presents insightful research that will help shift the focus of debate onto the learning experiences of older people themselves. It offers a critical overview of the development of theoretical and philosophical approaches to later l. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 155 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-147) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203872536 (electronic bk.) 0203872533 (electronic bk.) |