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Local and Global in the Formation of a Learning Theorist: Peter Jarvis and Adult Education
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Holford, John – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2017
Peter Jarvis is a towering figure in the study of adult and lifelong education and a leading and original theorist of learning. This paper sets out his intellectual and professional biography, maps the main contours of his work and introduces fourteen papers by leading scholars devoted to his work. Five broad phases in Jarvis' life are identified:…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Adult Education, Learning Theories, Educational Philosophy
How Successful Secondary School Principals in England Respond to Policy Reforms: The Influence of Biography
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Day, Christopher; Gu, Qing – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2018
This article examines how values embedded in the biographies of principals of successful schools influence their responses to systemic policy reforms. Drawing on examples from two secondary principals with similarly strong moral purposes but contrasting value positions, the research found that, despite differences in the cultures, practices, and…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Principals, Learning Experience, Foreign Countries
Open Learning and Formal Credentialing in Higher Education: Curriculum Models and Institutional Policies
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Reushle, Shirley, Ed.; Antonio, Amy, Ed.; Keppell, Mike, Ed. – IGI Global, 2016
The discipline of education is a multi-faceted system that must constantly integrate new strategies and procedures to ensure successful learning experiences. Enhancements in education provide learners with greater opportunities for growth and advancement. "Open Learning and Formal Credentialing in Higher Education: Curriculum Models and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Education, Student Centered Learning, Open Education
Students' Approaches to Learning and Their Performance in the Extended Project Pilot
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Daly, Anthony L.; de Moira, Anne Pinot – Curriculum Journal, 2010
Within the new framework set out in the final report of the Working Group on 14-19 Reform (2004), an Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) was proposed in England to foster the development of students' independent study skills. Widespread national provision of a fully accredited EPQ, as a stand-alone Level 3 qualification, began in September 2008,…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Qualifications, Lifelong Learning, Student Motivation
View, 2000: Commentaries on Adult Learning.
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Adult Learning Australia, Inc., Jamison. – 2001
This booklet is compiled from all the Adult Learning Australia (ALA) Commentaries produced in 2000. Emailed to ALA members each week, ALA Commentaries are written by people in the field of adult learning in the broadest sense, usually in Australia, sometimes overseas, and designed to stimulate discussion. ALA hosts an online discussion forum about…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Community Education
Lifelong Learning: One Focus, Different Systems. Studien zur Erwachsenenbildung, Band 19.
Harney, Klaus, Ed.; Heikkinen, Anja, Ed.; Rahn, Sylvia, Ed.; Schemmann, Michael, Ed. – 2002
These 17 articles on different subjects of the broader theme "lifelong learning" represent the latest results of the discussions of the Vocational Education and Culture Research Network. An introduction (Klaus Harney et al.) provides summaries of the contents. The articles are "The Global and International Discourse of Lifelong…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education