Title: Universities And Engagement International Perspectives on higher Education And Lifelong Learning
Abstract: Introduction Section 1 - Policy - Practice - Research Chapter 1: Cultivating a culture of practitioner research in university lifelong learning: some critical reflections Josephine W. Finn Chapter 2: Research-practice partnership: improving links between research and professional practice in lifelong learning Franz Kolland, Marcus Ludescher and Andrea Waxenegger Section 2 - Engaging with business and industry Chapter 3: Alumni of vocational education as a new target group for university continuing education - chance and challenge for universities Stefan Bramer and Soren Hirsch Chapter 4: ULLL in the business context - the project Virtual interaction with Web 2.0 in companies Marion Bruhn-Suhr and Lena Oswald Chapter 5: Lifelong learning and the Knowledge Triangle in the context of university reform. A case study Kirsti Miettinen and Hanna-Riikka Myllymaki Chapter 6: Perceived service value: implications for the viability of continuing education programmes Susan Geertshuis and Otto Krickl Chapter 7: Opening universities for lifelong learning and the challenge of diversity management: support of non-traditional students in Germany, Finland and Denmark Sabine Remdisch and Steffen Beiten Section 3 - Engaging with communities Chapter 8: When university meets community in later life: subverting hegemonic discourse and practices in higher education Carmel Borg and Marvin Formosa Chapter 9: Types and Conditions of service learning: associations with civic responsibility, self-efficacy, and well-being Jenifer K. McGuire and Melanie Brown Chapter 10: Community-based education and learning Lyn Tett Chapter 11: Lifelong learning for socially disadvantaged people Gerhild Wrann Section 4 - Engaging with an ageing society Chapter 12: Learning in later life: what can universities do? Alex Withnall Chapter 13: Intergenerational learning at the university: potentials and limitations Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha Chapter 14: Something for older people? Research-based general education and university lifelong learning Marcus Ludescher Chapter 15: Unlocking potential for later-life learning: engaging adults in their own learning in a university setting. A case study from Scotland Rob Mark, Val Bissland and Lesley Hart Chapter 16: Managing age diversity in companies: transferring competences between generations at work - Project Generation+ Jean-Marie Dujardin and David Randaxhe Chapter 17: Over-fifty returning adult learners: another neglected species? Renaud Maes and Michel Sylin Looking forward Index
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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