Lifelong learning in later life : : a handbook on older adult learning / / Brian Findsen, Marvin Formosa.

• Superior document: International issues in adult education ; v. 7
• Author: Findsen, Brian.
• TeilnehmendeR: Formosa, Marvin.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed. 2011.
• Language: English
• Series: International issues in adult education ; v. 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (228 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This first truly comprehensive interdisciplinary, international critique of theory and practice in lifelong learning as it relates to later life is an absolute tour de force. Alexandra Withnall, Universities of Warwick and Leicester, UK. This is a book that needed to be written: it provides a most thorough and skilful analysis of a comprehensive range of contemporary literature about learning in later life from many localities and countries of the world. Peter Jarvis, Professor Emeritus, University of Surrey Impressive in its scope this handbook seeks to describe older learning critically within the lifelong learning literature at the same time that it makes a strong and persuasive case for taking older learning seriously in our postmodern world. Kenneth Wain, University of Malta Lifelong learning in later life is an essential handbook for a wide range of people who work alongside older adults in varied contexts. This handbook 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. 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).

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Ageing, older adults, and later life -- From ‘adult education’ to ‘lifelong learning’ -- Lifelong learning and the emergence of the learning society -- History and development -- Psychology of older adult learning -- Understanding older adult learners and education: sociological perspectives -- Rationales for older adult learning -- Geragogy -- Participation for and barriers to learning -- Formal and third age learning -- Learning in non-formal and informal contexts -- Learning and health in later life -- Intergenerational learning -- Concluding comments -- References -- Name & subject index.