Learning Through Life, No. 2: Adult Learners, Education and Training - A Reader

Learning Through Life #2

by Richard G. Edwards (Editor), Sandy Sieminski (Editor), David Zeldin (Editor)

In recent years, economic and demographic changes have brought into question the adequacy of initial education programmes for continuous employment. While the primary focus of debate has been on creating structures of continuous education and training linked to the economic needs of Britain, arguments and movements for wider access to all forms of learning have continued to be made. Drawing on the experience of other European countries as well as Britain, this book addresses the three major themes of the ongoing debates: who participates in what forms of education and training and how can access be widened and increased; the relationship between economic development, education and training; the education and training developed by social movements, and the changes sought in the formal sector of provision.

298 pages, Paperback

First published December 22, 1992

About the author

Richard Edwards is a Professor of Education and Director of Research. He was previously Head of the School of Education between 2006 - 2013. He has researched and written extensively on many aspects of lifelong learning and educational theory and practice. He has been an investigator in a number of ESRC funded projects and seminar series, including Literacies for Learning in Further Education, Curriculum making in School and College, Ensemble and Code Acts in Eudcation; Learning through Code, Learning to Code. He is currently researching on the role of amateurs and informal learning in citizen science. His work is heavily influenced by post-structuralism and actor-network theory.