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Sava, Simona, editor | Novotný, Petr, editor

Researches in adult learning and education : the European dimension

2016 - Firenze University Press

xiv, 211 p.

  • Includes bibliographical references.
  • The book represents several contributions that guide the readers in the comprehension of the paradigmatic shift from adult/lifelong education, to adult/lifelong learning. At the same time it presents the contexts where adults learn: the organized contexts, such as the institutions and services, and the informal contexts. The book is one of a series dedicated to adult learning and education developed under the auspices of ESRALE (European Studies and Research in Adult Learning and Education) an EU supported project. Its companion books are Maria Slowey (ed.) Comparative Adult Education and Learning. Authors and Texts and Vanna Boffo, Paolo Federighi, Ekkehard Nuissl, Empirical Research Methodology in Adult Learning and Education. Authors and Texts.
  • Simona Sava, PhD, is Full Professor at the West University of Timisoara and Head of the Department of Educational Sciences. She was Director of Romanian Institute for Adult Education (IREA) from 2000 till 2013 (till 2015 scientific director). She got her habilitation with a thesis on professionalization in adult education, but her research interests cover also topics like validation of competencies and educational policies. Petr Novotny, PhD, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Educational Sciences, Masaryk University of Brno (Czech Republic) His main fields of research are learning, work and innovation. His focus is divided between andragogy (including the elaboration of the subject of workplace learning) and methodology of educational research.[Publisher's text]
  • Collected essays.