Handbook of Comparative Studies on Community Colleges and Global Counterparts

Handbook of Comparative Studies on Community Colleges and Global Counterparts
Author: Rosalind Latiner Raby
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 810
Release: 2018-08-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9783319509105

This book explores the complexities of community colleges and global counterparts by focusing on critical analysis of governance, leadership, and mission. These complexities represent emerging and evolving phenomena that impact the institutions’ ability to a) serve students; b) offer sound curricula; c) admit and retain students; d) increase completion rates; e) create viable and sustained partnerships locally and internationally; f) address the needs of unique populations; g) funding and sustainability, and h) support staff development to enhance faculty and staff excellence. This work will introduce and elaborate upon these topics to highlight not only the challenges of the field in a variety of countries worldwide, but to also begin to build comparative understanding of the field at large. In that these institutions are now identified, it is time to academically address their role in higher education.

International and Comparative Studies in Adult and Continuing Education

International and Comparative Studies in Adult and Continuing Education
Author: Regina Egetenmeyer
Publisher: Firenze University Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2020-11-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 885518153X

This volume gives theoretical and practical insights in international and comparative research in the field of adult and continuing education. The 16 contributions of this volume give three perspectives on international and comparative adult education. The first perspective focuses on the question how internationalisation and comparative adult and continuing education can be taught. The second perspective gives insights into the results of comparative research that has been conducted throughout a two-week Winter School that took place in February 2019 in Würzburg. The third perspective complements the two perspectives with insights into international projects and practices in adult and continuing education. The authors of this volume are contributing to the transnational Winter School International and comparative studies in adult and continuing education in Würzburg, Germany since 2014.

Adult Learning in Modern Societies

Adult Learning in Modern Societies
Author: Hans-Peter Blossfeld
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2014-06-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1783475188

As industrial societies increasingly evolve into knowledge-based economies, the importance of education as a lifelong process is greater than ever. This comprehensive book provides a state-of-the-art analysis of adult learning across the world and with

OECD Skills Studies OECD Skills Strategy Diagnostic Report: Italy 2017

OECD Skills Studies OECD Skills Strategy Diagnostic Report: Italy 2017
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2018-04-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9264298649

The OECD Skills Strategy Diagnostic Report: Netherlands identifies the following three skills priorities for the Netherlands - fostering more equitable skills outcomes, creating skills-intensive workplaces, and promoting a learning culture.

International Teaching and Learning Settings in the Academic Professionalisation of Adult Education

International Teaching and Learning Settings in the Academic Professionalisation of Adult Education
Author: Monika Staab
Publisher: Firenze University Press
Total Pages: 356
Release:
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Academic education plays an important role in the development of professionalism of adult educators. Given the interconnectedness of adult education with global and international developments, this international and comparative study illustrates the need for a systematic and comprehensive internationalisation of adult education programmes and the relevance of international teaching and learning settings for the development of professionalism in adult education. Based on focus group and graduate interviews of three master’s programmes with a focus on adult education at the Universities of Würzburg, Belgrade and Florence, similarities and differences in the internationalisation of the programmes are revealed and supporting factors for the development of professionalism are highlighted.

Facilitating Adult and Organizational Learning Through Andragogy: A History, Philosophy, and Major Themes

Facilitating Adult and Organizational Learning Through Andragogy: A History, Philosophy, and Major Themes
Author: Henschke, John Arthur
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2020-11-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1799839389

Andragogy may be defined as a scientific discipline for study of the research, theory, processes, technology, practice, and anything else of value and benefit including learning, teaching, instructing, guiding, leading, and modeling/exemplifying a way of life that would help to facilitate and bring adults to their full degree of humaneness. Andragogy is one part of the broader international field of adult education, human resource development, and lifelong learning, thus serving the advancement and connection needs of adult learners, organizational development, and lifelong learning in areas such as higher education, business, military, corporate training, healthcare, executive leadership, courtroom practice, religious life, and human resource development. Facilitating Adult and Organizational Learning Through Andragogy: A History, Philosophy, and Major Themes investigates the history, philosophy, and major themes of andragogy and how they may contribute to helping practitioners to design and facilitate adult and organizational learning. The book presents more than 500 documents that are examined through two different lenses. The first lens is the history and philosophy (or a chronological approach) of andragogy while the second lens takes a look at the major themes as categories of what the documents express. While encompassing the background, uses, and future of andragogy, this book is ideally intended for teachers, administrators, practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, academicians, and students.

Comparative Research in Adult Education

Comparative Research in Adult Education
Author: Lisa Breitschwerdt
Publisher: wbv Media GmbH & Company KG
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2023-06-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3763971335

The volume presents research that emerges from the 9th international Adult Education Academy (2022), which brings together researchers, students and practitioners from around the world to share perspectives comparatively. More than 80 participants from almost 20 different countries have exchanged, compared and expanded their individual knowledge and experience on adult learning and education. This volume consisting of eight contributions (including one fundamental article beforehand) assumes that globalisation affects national, regional and local levels of adult learning and education. Transformational relations are observed and analysed through the lens of participation, sustainability and digitalisation. All contributions apply an international comparative research approach to empirically investigate these areas with their upcoming needs. This approach takes place under consideration of comparison as a research method which not only grounds on a long tradition and relies on a set of rules and techniques, but also on an inner attitude and sensitivity with which we look at the world and its global needs while trying to understand.

Getting Skills Right: Future-Ready Adult Learning Systems

Getting Skills Right: Future-Ready Adult Learning Systems
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2019-02-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9264311750

With digitalisation, deepening globalisation and population ageing, the world of work is changing. The extent to which individuals, firms and economies can harness the benefits of these changes critically depends on the readiness of adult learning systems to help people develop relevant skills ...