Adult Education and Lifelong Learning in Europe and Beyond : : Comparative Perspectives from the 2015 Wuerzburg Winter School.

• Superior document: Studien Zur Paedagogik, Andragogik und Gerontagogik / Studies in Pedagogy, Andragogy, and Gerontagogy Series ; v.67
• Author: Käpplinger, Bernd.
• TeilnehmendeR: Egetenmeyer, Regina.
• Place / Publishing House: Frankfurt a.M. : : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,, 2015.; {copy}2016.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studien Zur Paedagogik, Andragogik und Gerontagogik / Studies in Pedagogy, Andragogy, and Gerontagogy Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (278 pages)

This volume presents a comparison of adult education and lifelong learning regarding educational policies, professionalization in adult education, participation in adult learning and education, quality in adult education, and educational guidance and counselling. The comparisons are based on the international Winter School in Würzburg in 2015.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface (Bernd Käpplinger &amp -- Steffi Robak) -- Comparing Adult Education And Lifelong Learning In Europe And Beyond: An Introduction (Regina Egetenmeyer) -- Comparing Policies In Lifelong Learning -- Adult learning and education policies in Germany, Portugal and Sweden: An analysis of national reports to CONFINTEA VI (Licínio C. Lima, Paula Guimarães &amp -- Nathalie Touma) -- Knowledge economy and demographic change: Comparative case study of Europe and South Asia (Chetan Singai, Gaia Gioli, Eva Riemer, Kapil Dev Regmi, Sofia Mastrokoukou &amp -- Shalini Singh) -- Comparing Professionalisation In Adult And Continuing Education -- Adult education and its key actors in academic professionalization - a comparison between China, India and the European Union (Verena Liszt, Mina Toko &amp -- Xiao Yan) -- The curriculum of study programmes for adult educators - the study cases of Italy, Germany and Portugal (Vanna Boffo, Kathrin Kaleja &amp -- Joana Fernandes) -- Regulations and working conditions for trainers in adult education: A comparative glance (Vanna Boffo, Kathrin Kaleja &amp -- Joana Fernandes) -- Academic professionalisation in adult education: insights into study programmes in Germany, Italy and Portugal (Franziska Semrau, Nataliya G. S. Vieira &amp -- Elisa Guida) -- Comparing Participation in Adult Education -- Participation and non-participation in adult education and learning: A comparative study between Portugal, Italy, Hungary, and India (Rute Ricardo, Bani Bora, Fabio Camilloni, Loretta Lizon, Mariana Cavaca, Prachi Sinha, Pratibha Kandera, Regina Egetenmeyer) -- Comparing Quality Management -- Comparing Quality Management Systems and procedures in Italy and Germany (Lisa Hilbig, Sabrina Thom &amp -- Silvia Tursi).

Comparative analysis of two quality management models in the U.S.A. andGermany (Peggy Everett &amp -- Christian Müller) -- Comparing Guidance And Counselling In Lifelong Learning -- Guidance and counselling in higher education: a comparison between the career services in Germany and Italy (Nicoletta Tomei, Beatrice Carp &amp -- Stefanie Kröner) -- Guidance and counseling: processes, methods and activities in a Lifelong perspective (Maria Grasso, Nicoletta Tomei, Laura Balázs, Deepak Goswami &amp -- Bruna da Silva Ribas) -- Country Reports -- A regional perspective on tutorship as a potential lifelong and adult guidance tool (Nicoletta Tomei) -- India towards a knowledge economy: Alternatives for the global demographic challenge and inclusive development in India (Shalini Singh) -- The status of adult literacy and lifelong learning in Nepal (Kapil Dev Regmi) -- Authors.