New patterns of adult learning : a six-country comparative study /
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford [England] ; New York : Pergamon ; [Hamburg, Germany] : Unesco Institute for Education, 1997. |
| Description: | ix, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3200949 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Paul Belanger and Albert Tuijnman
- 1. The "Silent Explosion" of Adult Learning / Paul Belanger and Albert Tuijnman
- 2. Demand and Supply of Adult Education and Training / Willem Houtkoop and Hessel Oosterbeek
- 3. Patterns of Participation in Adult Education: Cross-national comparisons / Pierre Doray and Stephen Arrowsmith
- 4. Barriers to Participation in Adult Education and Training: Towards a new Understanding / Kjell Rubenson and Gongli Xu
- 5. The Non-participation of Undereducated Adults / B. Allan Quigley and Stephen Arrowsmith
- 6. New Trajectories of Learning Across the Lifespan / Max van der Kamp and Jo Scheeren
- 7. Literacy Proficiency and Adults' Readiness to Learn / David C. Neice and T. Scott Murray
- 8. Gender Differences in Work-related Adult Education and Training / Edwin Leuven
- 9. Beyond the Walls of the Household: Gender and Adult Education Participation / Sofia Valdivielso
- 10. Adult Education Participation: A Policy Overview / Abrar Hasan and Albert Tuijnman
- App. A. International Adult Literacy Survey: Data Collection Procedures
- App. B. Adult Education Participation Survey.
