Learning cities for adult learners / Leodis Scott, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scott, Leodis, editor.

Series:

New directions for adult and continuing education ; no. 145.

New directions for adult and continuing education ; number 145

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adult education.

Continuing education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (106 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Learning cities call for a connection of adult education to elementary, secondary, and postsecondary institutions along with vocational and corporate workspaces. This volume considers how "learning cities for adult learners" could be created in America that promote lifelong learning and education. Encouraging a widespread approach to educate and learn across disciplines, within communities, and inside the minds of all people, topics covered include: workplace and organizational learning, community engagement and service learning, public libraries and cooperative extension, and l

Contents:

Learning Cities for Adult Learners; CONTENTS; EDITOR'S NOTES; References; 1 Evolution and Reconstruction of Learning Cities for Sustainable Actions; Introduction; Evolution of the Learning City; Lifelong Education, Lifelong Learning, and Learning Society; Trends, Initiatives, and Milestones of the Learning City Movement; Reconstruction of the Learning City: A Vision of Next Actions; Implications and Actions for Adult Education; Partnership Building; Assessment; Role of Adult Educators: Opportunity for Dialogue in the United States; Additional Considerations for Reconstructing Learning Cities

Challenges and Limitations of Learning CitiesSustainable Actions of Economic Growth and Social Harmony; Integrated Partnership Between Local, National, and Global Systems; References; 2 Learning Cities, Systems Change, and Community Engagement Scholarship; Learning Cities/Regions (LCRs); Community Engagement Scholarship (CES); Service Learning; Lifelong Learning and Lifelong Engagement: An Essential Combination; Conclusions and Recommendations; References; 3 Workplace, Organizational, and Societal: Three Domains of Learning for 21st-Century Cities; Workplace and Organizational Learning

Workplace LearningOrganizational Learning; Enacting OLMs; OLMs as Learning Systems; The Role of Societal Learning; Expanding the Learning System: Learning Cities, Regions, and States; References; 4 Public Libraries and Cooperative Extension as Community Partners for Lifelong Learning and Learning Cities; Vision of Public Libraries and Land-Grant Universities in the 19th Century; Public Libraries as Centers for Adult Education in the 20th Century; Public Libraries and Cooperative Extension as 21st-Century Community Partners

Partnership of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and Iowa Library ServicesConclusion; References; 5 A Connected History of Health and Education: Learning Together Toward a Better City; Education and Health Care: An Overview; Similarities Between Education and Health Care; Theory Comparison of Adult Learning and Health Behavior; Health and Education Components of a Learning City; Building an Infrastructure; Building Financial Resources; Building Human Resources; Discussion/Conclusion; References; 6 Role of Leisure in Humanizing Learning Cities; What Is Leisure?

Historical Influences of LeisureAfrica: Birthplace of Leisure Culture; Ancient Greece: Intellectual and Physical Nature of Leisure; Ancient Rome: Leisure for Social Control; Early China: Leisure for Life Balance and Lifelong Learning; Historic America: Leisure for the Wealthy Social Class; Industrial Revolution as Most Significant Influence on Leisure; Continued Perspectives of Leisure; Leisure as Time; Leisure as Activity; Leisure as State of Mind; Developing Social Networks Through Leisure Education; Final Words; References

7 Learning Cities for All: Directions to a New Adult Education and Learning Movement

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebrary, viewed 5/6/2015).

ISBN:

1-119-07539-4

OCLC:

905911887