This title sets current policy and practice concerns against the backdrop of community education and employs case studies to chart the developments and changes that have taken place in further education.
This title sets current policy and practice concerns against the backdrop of community education and employs case studies to chart the developments an...
What are the values and policies which are driving the development of Further Education institutions? The rapid expansion and development of the post-compulsory sector of education means that further education institutions have to cope with ever-evolving government policies. This book comprehensively examines the current trends in further education by means of both policy analysis and research in the field. It offers an insightful evaluation of FE colleges today, set against the background of New Labour Lifelong Learning initiatives and, in particular, the links between college and...
What are the values and policies which are driving the development of Further Education institutions? The rapid expansion and development of the p...
Using Biographical Methods in Social Research provides an informative, comprehensive, accessible and practical guide to the nature and use of biographical methods, combining a consideration of theoretical issues with practical guidance. Barbara Merrill and Linden West consider important questions about what research is for, what makes it valid, to the practical business of interviewing, analyzing and writing up of biographical data. The authors draw on their sociological and psychological orientations to provide a truly interdisciplinary approach to the subject, and provide numerous examples...
Using Biographical Methods in Social Research provides an informative, comprehensive, accessible and practical guide to the nature and use of biograph...
This book highlights the issues of access, learning careers and identities in a diverse range of educational settings with diverse groups of adult students across Europe. Much of the work in this book illuminates these issues through the voices of adult students and adult educators and illustrates the rich variety of practice and context of adult education in Europe. It draws on the work of scholars from across Europe within the framework of the European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA). The chapters include examples and discussions of access, learning careers and...
This book highlights the issues of access, learning careers and identities in a diverse range of educational settings with diverse groups of adult stu...
This book focuses on the voices and experiences of non-traditional students in European higher education. It examines the impact that access to higher education is having on these students lives and discusses what this tells us about European education and society. In particular, it explores the multi-dimensional nature of inequality in varied national contexts focusing on the issues of class, gender, ethnicity, age and disability. The book contributes to the on-going debate about the changing nature of European higher education and argues that research based on the experiences of...
This book focuses on the voices and experiences of non-traditional students in European higher education. It examines the impact that access to hig...
This book focuses on the voices and experiences of non-traditional students in European higher education. It examines the impact that access to higher education is having on these students lives and discusses what this tells us about European education and society. In particular, it explores the multi-dimensional nature of inequality in varied national contexts focusing on the issues of class, gender, ethnicity, age and disability. The book contributes to the on-going debate about the changing nature of European higher education and argues that research based on the experiences of...
This book focuses on the voices and experiences of non-traditional students in European higher education. It examines the impact that access to hig...
