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This book presents and advocates for a framework of competing epistemologies and conceptions of ethics as a way of understanding modernist lifelong learning. These epistemologies are grounded in a recognition of the normative nature of knowledge that informs lifelong learning; each being framed by a different account of the sort of knowledge that is most valued and therefore foregrounded in lifelong learning policy, provision and engagement informed by the epistemology. Each epistemology is also characterised by its constituent conception of ethics. Four such epistemologies and conceptions of ethics are here recognised as having been important in the lifelong learning movement to date: disciplinary, developmental, emancipatory, and design. The authors argue that assumptions about knowledge and moral positions constitute a powerful but not well-understood feature of such arguments: awareness of these assumptions and positions could serve to powerfully advance the overall understanding of what is at stake in lifelong learning and adult education at all levels.

Adult education --- Education --- Philosophy. --- Educació d'adults --- Filosofia de l'educació --- Filosofia social --- Antropologia educativa --- Teoria de l'educació --- Ensenyament d'adults --- Educació --- Educació social --- Extensió universitària --- Educació de la dona --- Lectura (Educació d'adults) --- Aptitud i edat --- Centres d'accés públic a Internet --- Educació comunitària --- Educació no-formal --- Educació permanent --- Educació popular --- Education. --- Educational Philosophy. --- Philosophy of Education.

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Adult education. --- Adults, Education of --- Education of adults --- Education --- Continuing education --- Open learning --- Adult education --- Educació d'adults --- Educació permanent --- Aprenentatge permanent --- Educació contínua --- Educació continuada --- Educació recurrent --- Formació contínua --- Formació continuada --- Formació permanent --- Formació recurrent --- Reciclatge (Educació) --- Educació --- Formació --- Ensenyament nocturn --- Formació del personal --- Formació ocupacional --- Ensenyament d'adults --- Educació social --- Extensió universitària --- Educació de la dona --- Lectura (Educació d'adults) --- Aptitud i edat --- Centres d'accés públic a Internet --- Educació comunitària --- Educació no-formal --- Educació popular

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This open access book sheds light on a range of complex interdependencies between adult education, young adults in vulnerable situations and active citizenship. Adult education has been increasingly recognized as a means to engage and re-engage young adults and facilitate their life chances and social inclusion thus contributing to an active citizenship within their societal contexts. This collection of chapters dealing with issues of social inclusion of young people represents the first book to explicitly approach the complex interdependencies between adult education, young adults in vulnerable situations and active citizenship from the European perspective. Social exclusion, disengagement and disaffection of young adults have been among the most significant concerns faced by EU member states over the last decade. It has been increasingly recognised by a range of stakeholders that there is a growing number of young people suffering from the various effects of the unstable social, economic and political situations affecting Europe and its neighbouring countries. Young adults who experience different degrees of vulnerability are especially at risk of being excluded and marginalised. Engaging young adults through adult education has been strongly related to addressing the specific needs and requirements that would facilitate their participation in social, economic and civic/political life in their country contexts. Fostering the active citizenship of young people, both directly and indirectly, is an area where many AE programmes overlap, and this has become a core approach to integration. This book considers social, economic and political dimensions of active citizenship, encompassing the development of social competences and social capital, civic and political participation and the skills related to the economy and labour market. The cross-national consideration of the notions of vulnerability, inclusion and active citizenship underpins the complexity of translating these concepts into the national contexts of adult education programmes.

Educació d'adults --- Ciutadania --- Ensenyament d'adults --- Educació --- Educació social --- Extensió universitària --- Educació de la dona --- Lectura (Educació d'adults) --- Aptitud i edat --- Centres d'accés públic a Internet --- Educació comunitària --- Educació no-formal --- Educació permanent --- Educació popular --- Ciutadans --- Dret de ciutadania --- Participació política --- Participació social --- Civisme --- Deportació --- Domicili --- Drets polítics --- Educació cívica --- Estrangers --- Nacionalitat --- Naturalització --- Lifelong Learning/Adult Education --- Sociology of Citizenship --- Sociology of Education --- Social Structure, Social Inequality --- Life Skills --- Education --- Biotechnology --- Social Structure --- Open Access --- Adult Education in Europe --- Active participatory citizenship --- Lifelong learning for Vulnerable young adults --- Comparative adult education --- EduMAP project --- Social inclusion --- Horizon 2020 project --- Adult Education as a Means to Active Participatory Citizenship --- Development of social, political and economic skills --- Active participatory citizenship (APC) --- Adult education, continuous learning --- Sociology --- Social research & statistics --- Social & ethical issues --- Study & learning skills: general

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This book provides a theoretical and philosophical examination of games, play and playfulness and their relationships to learning and wellbeing in adulthood. It draws on an interdisciplinary literature base (including game-based learning, game studies, education, psychology, and game design) to present a critical manifesto for playful learning in post-compulsory education and lifelong learning. While there is an established body of work in games and learning in adulthood, and a wide literature on the value of play in childhood, the wider potential of play in adulthood and playfulness is under-explored and still emergent. This book offers a comprehensive overview of play in adulthood, exploring the benefits and drawbacks, examining why play in adulthood is different from play in childhood, the role of play in culture, and making an argument for why it is important in our society that we embrace the principles of playfulness. Nicola Whitton is Director of the Durham Centre for Academic Development and Professor of Education at Durham University, UK. Her research focuses on play in adulthood, in particular games and learning in the context of Higher Education, and the potential of play in teaching, research, and academic practice.

Adult learning. --- Educational games. --- Play. --- Recreations --- Recreation --- Amusements --- Games --- Instructive games --- Training games --- Education --- Andragogical learning --- Learning --- Simulation methods --- Educació d'adults --- Joc --- Jocs educatius --- Ensenyament d'adults --- Educació --- Educació social --- Extensió universitària --- Educació de la dona --- Lectura (Educació d'adults) --- Aptitud i edat --- Centres d'accés públic a Internet --- Educació comunitària --- Educació no-formal --- Educació permanent --- Educació popular --- Jocs didàctics --- Jocs en l'educació --- Jocs instructius --- Jocs --- Aprenentatge basat en el joc --- Joc heurístic --- Jocs de lectura --- Jocs de paraules --- Jocs seriosos --- Material didàctic --- Mots encreuats --- Activitat lúdica --- Joc (Psicologia) --- Esbarjo --- Joc simbòlic --- Espectacles --- Lleure --- Ludificació --- Alternative education. --- Art --- Education. --- Psychology. --- Alternative Education. --- Creativity and Arts Education. --- Educational Philosophy. --- Behavioral Sciences and Psychology. --- Study and teaching. --- Philosophy.

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Chapters 1, 6 and 8 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Creativitat --- Psicologia de l'aprenentatge --- Educació infantil --- Educació d'adults --- Ensenyament d'adults --- Educació --- Educació social --- Extensió universitària --- Educació de la dona --- Lectura (Educació d'adults) --- Aptitud i edat --- Centres d'accés públic a Internet --- Educació comunitària --- Educació no-formal --- Educació permanent --- Educació popular --- Cicle 0-6 --- Educació dels infants --- Etapes educatives --- Escoles bressol --- Parvularis --- Ensenyament preescolar --- Treball per racons --- Aprenentatge dels conceptes --- Aprenentatge en els animals --- Aprenentatge explícit --- Aprenentatge implícit --- Aprenentatge sensorial --- Aprenentatge sensoriomotor --- Aprenentatge motor --- Condicionament operant --- Estratègies d'aprenentatge --- Motivació en l'educació --- Reflexos condicionats --- Retroacció (Psicologia) --- Aptitud per a l'aprenentatge --- Comprensió --- Aptitud --- Creativitat en els infants --- Pensament creatiu --- Creativitat en la publicitat --- Learning, Psychology of. --- Creative ability. --- Child psychology. --- Behavior, Child --- Child behavior --- Child study --- Children --- Pediatric psychology --- Child development --- Developmental psychology --- Creativeness --- Creativity --- Ability --- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Learning --- Psychology of learning --- Educational psychology --- Comprehension --- Learning ability --- Psychology --- Psychological aspects --- Educational sociology. --- Education—Research. --- School Psychology. --- Psychology, Industrial. --- Learning Psychology. --- Sociology of Education. --- Learning Theory. --- Educational Research. --- Organizational Psychology. --- Business psychology --- Industrial psychology --- Psychotechnics --- Industrial engineering --- Personnel management --- Psychology, Applied --- Industrial psychologists --- Psychology, School --- Education and sociology --- Social problems in education --- Society and education --- Sociology, Educational --- Sociology --- Education --- Aims and objectives --- Research. --- Educational research --- Creativitat en la ciència --- School psychology.