TY - BOOK AU - Jackson,Susan TI - Innovations in lifelong learning: critical perspectives on diversity, participation and vocational learning SN - 9780415548786 (hardback : alk. paper) AV - LC5215 .I46 2011 U1 - 374 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, New York PB - Routledge KW - Continuing education KW - Cross-cultural studies KW - Adult education N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: innovations in lifelong learning / Sue Jackson --; Part I Learning communities --; Part I Introduction; Sue Jackson --; Toward inclusive education: embracing cultural diversity in lifelong learning; Shibao Guo and Zenobia Jamal --; Informal community learning in traditional Africa; Mejai B.M. Avoseh --; Beyond the home: informal learning and community participation for older women; Jan Etienne; and Sue Jackson --; Men's informal learning and wellbeing beyond the workplace; Barry Golding --; Part I: Conclusions / Sue Jackson --; Part II Participation and non-participation --; Part II: Introduction / Sue Jackson --; Women, learning and equity: recognizing non-linear life trajectories for women learners in political life and in higher education; Patricia A. Gouthro --; A field of flowers and broken glass: contrasting stories of 'race,' participation and higher education; Lisa M. Baumgartner; and; Juanita Johnson-Bailey --; Senior learners and the university: aims, learning and 'research' in the Third Age; Keith Percy; and; Fiona Frank --; Counting me in and getting on: the contribution of adult literacy and numeracy in informal and formal learning; Yvonne Hillier --; Part II: Conclusions /Sue Jackson --; Part III Work-based learning and learning through work --; Part III: Introduction / Sue Jackson --; Access and equity in Aotearoa/New Zealand: increasing participation via policy and practice; Gemma Piercy --; Changing power relations in work-based learning: collaborative and contested relations between tutors, learners and employers; Jon Talbot --; Women of the diaspora: transnational identities at the intersection of work and learning; Mary V. Alfred --; Developing capacity in workers: a pre-condition for lifelong learning; Jacqueline McManus --; Part III: Conclusions / Sue Jackson --; Conclusions: so where are the innovations in lifelong learning? /Sue Jackson ER -