Researching transitions in lifelong learning / edited by John Field, Jim Gallacher and Robert Ingram

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Troubling transitions: learning and the changing life course.-- PART I: THEMES, METHODS AND CONCEPTS.-- 2. Lost and found in transition: the implications of ‘identity’, ‘agency’ and ‘structure’ for educational goals and practices.-- 3. A View of Canadian Lifelong-Learning Policy Culture through a Critical Lens.-- 4. Time, Individual Learning Careers, and Lifelong Learning.-- 5. Who Is The ‘Responsible Learner’? Viewing learning careers through social narratives and recursive methodology.-- 6. Older men’s lifelong learning: common threads/sheds.-- 7. Biography, Transition and Learning in the Lifecourse: The role of narrative.-- PART II: CHANGING PLACES OF LEARNING.-- 8. Approaches to Lifelong Learning: American Community Colleges and age inclusiveness.-- 9. Two conceptual models for facilitating learners’ transitions to new post-school learning contexts.-- 10. Worlds of difference: ‘dual sector’ institutions and higher education transitions .-- 11. Improving Transfer from Vocational to Higher Education: International lessons.-- 12. Imagined transitions: social and organisational influences on the student life-cycle.-- 13. Accumulating knowledge in researching technology enhanced learning: going with the flows.-- PART III: TRANSITIONS THROUGH WORKING LIFE.-- 14. Working out work: integrated development practices in organisations.-- 15. "Drifting", "desperate" or just "diverse"? Researching young people in jobs without training.-- 16. The limits of competency-based training and the implications for work.-- 17. "Well, if the government won’t do it, we bloody well will!" Third Age Activism and Participatory Action Learning.-- 18. Researching Transitions: trends and future prospects.

Researching Transitions in Lifelong Learning presents new research from Britain, Australia and North America. The authors include leading scholars with established international reputations - such as Kathryn Ecclestone, Norton Grubb, David Boud and Gert Biesta - as well as emerging researchers with fresh and sometimes challenging perspectives.