Adult Learner at Work: The Challenges of Lifelong Education in the New Millenium

Description

Completely revised and updated for the 21st century, this text is for educators, trainers and managers who want to stay in touch with contemporary thinking in their fields. Dr Robert Burns explains the important changes that have swept through the field of post-compulsory education and the worldwide swing to lifelong learning as the gateway to a learning society. When work, education and life satisfaction can truly intermesh, sustainable prosperity becomes achievable. Burns explores such questions as: What conditions have created lifelong learning, learning societies and learning organizations? How have government and business responded? What methods and processes enhance the learning potential of adults? How can we motivate adults to learn? What are the effects of advancing age on our ability to learn? And is competency training an effective tool for encouraging learning?

Robert Burns currently teaches in the Faculty of Education at the University of Brunei. He is the author of numerous successful books in the areas of psychology, adult learning, stress management, career guidance and business skills.