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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Main Author: Withnall, A.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Series:Improving learning TLRP.
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