Routledge International Handbook of Lifelong Learning

<p>As lifelong learning grows in popularity few comprehensive pictures of the phenomenon have emerged. <em>The Routledge International Handbook of Lifelong Learning</em> provides a disciplined and complete overview of lifelong learning internationally. </p><p>The theoretical structure puts the learner at the centre and the book emanates from there pointing to the social context beyond the learner.<br>Up-to-the-minute syntheses from many of the leading international experts in the field give vital snapshots of this rapidly evolving subject from wide-ranging perspectives including:</p><ul> <li>learning throughout life</li> <li>sites of lifelong learning</li> <li>modes of learning</li> <li>policies</li> <li>social movements</li> <li>issues in lifelong learning</li> <li>geographical dimensions.</li> </ul><p>This authoritative volume essential reading for academics in the field of Lifelong Learning examines the complexities of the subject within a systematic global framework and places it in its socio-historic context.</p>