Adults Learning - FREE SAMPLE ISSUE
September 2009 Issue
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About This Publication
This is a FREE SAMPLE of our journal Adults Learning which is published 10 times a year.
It is essential reading for practitioners and policy makers, offering an informed mix of news, analysis, expert commentary and feature writing, not to be found anywhere else. Each issue is filled with in-depth and topical articles written by leading practitioners and experts in adult learning. Our dedicated editorial team is committed to digging out the issues that matter most in the arenas of further and higher education, work-based training, adult and community learning, basic skills, and beyond.
Adults Learning keeps you up to date with the latest and most significant developments in a fast-changing field - developments which, all too often, are off the radar of other magazines and newspapers.
It is essential reading for practitioners and policy makers, offering an informed mix of news, analysis, expert commentary and feature writing, not to be found anywhere else. Each issue is filled with in-depth and topical articles written by leading practitioners and experts in adult learning. Our dedicated editorial team is committed to digging out the issues that matter most in the arenas of further and higher education, work-based training, adult and community learning, basic skills, and beyond.
Adults Learning keeps you up to date with the latest and most significant developments in a fast-changing field - developments which, all too often, are off the radar of other magazines and newspapers.
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Contents
- News
- Commentary: The battle for hearts and minds starts here
Early responses to the main report of the Inquiry into the Future for Lifelong Learning have been encouraging but getting the report's key messages across - to politicians and, most importantly, to the public - will be challenging, writes Tom Schuller - Rebalancing the system
The main report of the Inquiry into the Future for Lifelong Learning calls both for a basic rethink of the way we divide up our adult lives and a rebalancing of resources to enable people to take control at every stage. Tom Schuller and Jenny Williams report - Realising the vision
The Inquiry into the Future for Lifelong Learning proposes a strategy for lifelong learning for the next quarter-century. Here, four of the Inquiry’s commissioners – Leisha Fullick, John Field, Teresa Rees and Helen Gilchrist – reflect on some of the report’s key themes - All we are able to be
Effective citizenship in the twenty-first century requires that everyone be afforded opportunities, throughout the life-course, to develop their potential. Learning’s role lies in turning the potential into the actual, writes Bob Fryer - The family way
This month’s Learning Revolution Festival celebrates, among other things, the transformational power of family learning. It’s time its value was recognised across Whitehall, especially in the schools sector, write Tricia Hartley and Julia Wright - An experiment in adult education
The Swarthmore Educational Settlement was founded in Leeds in 1909. A century on, with thousands of students having passed through its doors, it remains an inspiring centre for innovative adult education with a social purpose. Tom Steele reflects on an experiment that has endured against the odds - Resources of hope
The Christian church can boast a long – and exceptionally varied – tradition of engagement with adult education. Joanna Cox reflects on the roots of this commitment and describes some of the ways in which today’s church contributes to encouraging adult learning - Perfect weather to fly
Failure to finish university left Hannah Ostermeyer depressed and suicidal. It was only through adult learning that she began to put the broken pieces of her life back together again. Ed Melia meets a remarkable learner as she prepares for university for a second time