A-Z of Lifelong Learning

Each entry provides a succinct and helpful overview for busy students and practitioners, and includes:

• Introduction: A brief definition of the term, including changes in emphasis/usage over time.
• Key concepts: An exploration of key concepts and debates within the topic, referenced to both recent literature and seminal works/writers.
• Practical application: Commentary relating to the application/manifestation of the concept in practice, drawing on real world examples where appropriate.

"This book is an excellent entry point for anyone who wants to know more about lifelong learning and the lifelong learning sector. Jonathan Tummons and Ewan Ingleby combine scholarship and experience of the sector with the outcomes of their own research to create a valuable addition to the literature on lifelong learning. If you are unfamiliar with the territory of lifelong learning, this book gives you the map."

Pete Scales, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Derby, UK

"In their introduction, Tummons and Ingleby describe the breadth and complexity of the lifelong learning sector with its wide range of educational institutions, programmes of study, contexts and settings and diverse student and teacher populations. That it manages so comprehensively to encompass this sector, from 'Accreditation of Prior Learning' to 'Zone of Proximal Development', is one of the key achievements of this text. This text will be invaluable to all those teaching or studying in the sector and will be particularly useful for those outside the sector baffled by the myriad topics, theories, policies, processes which are current within it - indeed, there is even an entry on 'Jargon'!"
Andrew Armitage, Head of the Department of Post-Compulsory Education, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK

"This is a welcome and timely text. This simple A-Z of the sector provides a much needed overview of that complexity. For the novice unfamiliar with the pedagogies, philosophies and policies that define working with adults, this A-Z of Lifelong Learning is an accessible introduction. The seasoned professional familiar with a particular institutional setting will appreciate gaining depth and insight into the workings of an entirely different educational context. The reader is left curious and inspired, wanting to follow up and find out more. Yet, each entry provides just enough detail to stimulate thought and discussion."
Carol Azumah Dennis, PCET Programme Director, University of Hull, UK