Lifelong Learning in Later Life: A Handbook on Older Adult Learning (International Issues in Adult Education, 7) - Softcover

Findsen, Brian; Formosa, Marvin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 946091649X ISBN 13: 9789460916496

Publisher: Brill, 2011

Synopsis

This book is an essential handbook for a wide range of people who work alongside older adults in varied contexts. It brings together both orthodox approaches to educational gerontology and fresh perspectives on important emerging issues faced by seniors around the globe. Issues discussed include the social construction of ageing, the importance of lifelong learning policy and practice, participation in later life learning, education of marginalised groups within older communities, inter-generational learning, volunteering and ‘active ageing’, the political economy of older adulthood, learning for better health and well-being, and the place of seniors in a learning society.

About this title

About the Author

Brian Findsen is a professor of adult education, Faculty of Education, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. His writings are usually constructed within a social justice framework such as The Fourth Sector: Adult and Community Education in Aotearoa New Zealand (edited with John Benseman and Miriama Scott in 1996) and Learning Later (2005).
Marvin Formosa is a lecturer in the European Centre for Gerontology, University of Malta, Msida, Malta. In addition to various articles focusing on critical educational gerontology, recent and forthcoming books include Social Class Dynamics in Later Life (2009) and Social Class in Later Life: Power, Identity and Lifestyle (with Paul Higgs, 2012).

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 946091649X
• ISBN 13: 9789460916496
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 236