Adult Education in Changing Times

Michael Bernhard is a Researcher and Lecturer in the department of Adult Education and Lifelong Learning at the Goethe University, Germany.Stephen Billett is Professor of Adult and Vocational Education, Griffith University, Australia.Christiane Hof is Professor for Adult Education and Lifelong Learning at the Goethe University, Germany.Katrin Kraus is Professor of Vocational and Adult Education at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.Victoria J Marsick is Professor of Adult Learning and Leadership, Department of Organization & Leadership, Columbia University, Teachers College, USA.Peter H. Sawchuk is Professor of Adult Education and Workplace Learning at the University of Toronto, Canada.

• Part I: Adult Learning at the Nexus of Life Course, Work and Transitions, 1. Seeing Learning Differently: An Introduction, 2. From the Political Idea of Lifelong Education to Learning in the Life Course as Part of Social Practice, 3. Learning at the Nexus of Life Course, Work and Transitions: Relational Processes Between the Personal and the Social, Part II: Societal Challenges, 4. Adult Learning in Everyday Life: A Conversation About Social Relations and Situated Practices5. Education Challenges Arising from the Digitalisation of Work, 6. Navigating Complexity and Thriving in Liminal Spaces Through Learning-Based Work, 7. Learning by Translations. Situated Learning in a World of Diverging Knowledges, Part III: Conceptual and Methodological Approaches to Learning, 8. A Psycho-Societal Approach to Adult Learning at the Nexus between Life Course, Work, and Transition, 9. Shaping Opportunity Spaces for Learning: Regimes of Labour Markets and Migration, 10. The Social Situatedness of the Relationship Between Life Course and Work as Space-times of Adult Education, 11. Learning in the Reciprocal Relationships among Work, Society, and the Individual as seen through Three Different Traditions: Berufsbildung, Perezhivanie and Phronesis, 12. Life Transitions, Daily Living, and Transformative Learning: Insights from a Migration Journey, 13. Work-related Learning as an Iterative Process of Relating Work and Learning, Part IV: Empirical Insights, 14. Learning from Rhythms: Navigating Personal Life Transitions at the Intersection of Work and Sustainability, 15. The Role of Work: Understanding Learning Experiences in Higher Education Beyond the Institution, 16. Employees’ Individual Learning Paths During Organisational Change: A Comparison of Professional Development Strategies, 17. Collaboratively Researching Adult Learning: An Epilogue