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Improving Learning eBook Series

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  • Improving Literacy at Work

    by Alison Wolf, Karen Evans ...
    Series series Improving Learning
    Modern societies demand high levels of literacy. The written word is pervasive; individuals with poor literacy skills are deeply disadvantaged; and governments are increasingly pre-occupied with the contribution that skills can make to economic growth. As a result, the basic skills of adult workers are of concern as never before, a focus for workplace and education policy and practice.While ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

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  • Learning by Linking: Establishing Sustainable Business Learning Networks

    by Sustainable Learning Networks Ireland & Wales Sustainable Learning Networks Ireland & Wales ...
    The Sustainable Learning Networks in Ireland and Wales project was part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the INTERREG IVA Ireland Wales programme 2007-2013. The project was undertaken by the Centre for Enterprise Development and Regional Economy, School of Business, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland in partnership with the School of Management and Business, ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Learning Activism

    The Intellectual Life of Contemporary Social Movements

    by Aziz Choudry ...
    What do activists know? Learning Activism is designed to encourage a deeper engagement with the intellectual life of activists who organize for social, political, and ecological justice. Combining experiential knowledge from his own activism and a variety of social movements, Choudry suggests that such organizations are best understood if we engage with the learning, knowledge, debates, and ... Read more

    $25.09 USD

  • Informal and Incidental Learning in the Workplace (Routledge Revivals)

    by Victoria J. Marsick, Karen Watkins ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Today, rapid change is a constant challenge in the workplace, and thousands of individuals need to be involved in continuous learning. Traditional training approaches, however, do not emphasise informal and incidental learning. Furthermore, since informal learning us seldom designed, learning outside of a structured experience may lead to mistaken or dysfunctional learning. Strategies for ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Researching Transitions in Lifelong Learning

    Edited by John Field, Jim Gallacher, Robert Ingram ...
    In today’s society, people and organisations increasingly undergo processes of transition. Experiences of change affect all areas of life: our jobs, relationships, status, communities, engagement in civil society, lifestyles, even understandings of our own identity. Each person must expect and make ready for transitions, engaging in learning as a fundamental strategy for handling change. This is ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Too Scared To Learn

    Women, Violence, and Education

    by Jenny Horsman ...
    Too Scared to Learn explores the impact of women's experiences of violence on their learning, and proposes radical changes to educational programs through connecting therapeutic and educational discourses. Little attention has previously been paid to the impact of violence on learning.A large percentage of women who come to adult literacy programs have experienced, or are currently experiencing, ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • International Perspectives on Competence Development

    Developing Skills and Capabilities

    Edited by Knud Illeris ...
    In today’s complex and ever-changing world it has become obvious that even highly developed knowledge and skills are no longer sufficient to meet new challenges, situations and problems facing individuals, organisations and nations. This raises an enormous and potentially confusing issue for educators and trainers: how is it possible to generate and assess abilities to deal with challenges and ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Improving Working as Learning

    by Alan Felstead, Alison Fuller, Nick Jewson, Lorna Unwin ...
    Series series Improving Learning
    Interest in learning at work has captured the attention of many people around the world, often taking centre stage in policy debates about improving economic performance, prosperity and well-being. This book is about the learning that goes on in workplaces – ranging from offices, factories and shops to gyms, health centres and universities – and how it can be improved. Such learning includes ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Working Knowledge

    Work-Based Learning and Education Reform

    by Thomas R. Bailey, Katherine L. Hughes, David Thornton Moore ...
    Based on five years of research in high school and community college programs, this book explores the potential for using work-based learning as part of a broad education reform strategy. ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • A Fly in a Bottle. Or, if Only I Knew it Before.

    SHORT STORY # 33. Nonfiction series #1 - # 60.

    by Alla P. Gakuba ...
    Series Book 33 - Nonfiction series
    I undertook a major change in my life—and filed for a divorce. Shortly I was swamped with numerous difficulties and faced many types of people that some I never dealt before. Lawyers, courts, judges, contractors and subcontractors (I start remodeling our 20-years old house to put it for sale), real estate agents, accountants, financial advisors, experts, etc. It seems that everyone took advantage ... Read more

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  • Doing PDS

    Stories and Strategies from Successful Clinically Rich Practice

    Edited by Keli Garas-York, Pixita Prado Hill, Leslie K. Day, Kim Truesdell, Susan Keller-Mathers ...
    Series series Research in Professional Development Schools and School-University Partnerships
    SUNY Buffalo State is a unique urban comprehensive liberal arts public institution serving a large number of first generation college students. One flagship program at the college is the Professional Development Schools (PDS) consortium. Beginning in 1991 with one partner school, the SUNY Buffalo State PDS consortium now partners with approximately 45 schools locally, in Western New York, New York ... Read more

    $44.29 USD

  • Life and Learning of Korean Artists and Craftsmen

    Rhizoactivity

    by Dae Joong Kang ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Lifelong Learning and Adult Education
    This book brings out the need for lifelong learning theory and explores how it is possible from a postmodern perspective. The book uses life history that has gained its popularity in social science research to overcome the dichotomy between individual and society or between agency and structure. Life history also reflects the postmodern or late-modern conditions of social life. In this book, the ... Read more

    $72.99 USD