Adult Education and Lifelong Learning

Peter Jarvis (1937–2018) was an internationally renowned expert in the fields of lifelong learning, adult and continuing education and was founding editor of the International Journal of Lifelong Education (Taylor & Francis). He was Professor of Continuing Education at the University of Surrey, UK and was a former Adjunct Professor in the Department of Adult Education, University of Georgia, USA. Peter was a prolific author, whose publications include: The Routledge International Handbook of Lifelong Learning; Democracy, Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society; and Globalization, Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society.

• 1. The person as learner2. The learning society 3. Education and learning 4. Learning 5. Perspectives on learning theory 6. Developments in learning theory7. Teaching adults8. The processes of teaching 9. Theoretical perspectives on teaching 10. Distance education and open learning 11. Assessing and evaluating 12. Curriculum theory and programme planning 13. Practice, theory, research and policy14. The professional preparation of teachers of adults