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Direct linkM. Wade Mahon – Palgrave Macmillan, 2024
This book documents an informal system of education that emerged in Ireland between the late 1750s and the end of the century, a system that operated largely without funding or direction by church or state. In a society as divided as eighteenth-century Ireland, it is remarkable that such a system could succeed, paving the way for the more formal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Informal Education, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Milana, Marcella, Ed.; Webb, Sue, Ed.; Holford, John, Ed.; Waller, Richard, Ed.; Jarvis, Peter, Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2018
This Handbook provides a wide-ranging frame of reference for researching adult and lifelong education and learning. With contributions from scores of established and newer scholars from six continents, the volume covers a diverse range of geopolitical and social territories across the world. Drawing on the multiple heritages that underpin research…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Lifelong Learning, Global Approach
Carter, Candice C., Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
Peace education includes lessons about conflict sources, transformation and resolution. While featuring field-based examples in multiple disciplines, including political science, anthropology, communication, psychology, sociology, counseling, law and teacher training, this book presents real cases of conflict work. Explained are concepts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Informal Education, Conflict, Cultural Pluralism
Thomas, Michael, Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
This timely collection of theoretical and applied studies examines the pedagogical potential and realities of digital technologies in a wide range of disciplinary contexts across the educational spectrum. By mixing content-based chapters with a theoretical perspective with case studies detailing actual teaching approaches utilizing digital…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Distance Education, Research Methodology, Foreign Countries
Benson, Phil, Ed.; Reinders, Hayo, Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
This comprehensive exploration of theoretical and practical aspects of out-of-class teaching and learning, from a variety of perspectives and in various settings around the world, includes a theoretical overview of the field, 11 data-based case studies, and practical advice on materials development for independent learning. Contents of this book…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Independent Study, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning
