Continuity and Discontinuity in Learning Careers

Barbara Merrill, PhD, is an Associate Professor in CLL, University of Warwick, UK. She has published and researched in the field of adult education with a focus on the learning experiences of non-traditional students in HE, class and gender.Andrea Galimberti, PhD, is Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Milano Bicocca (Italy). He has published and researched in the field of adult education and lifelong learning with a focus on transitions in learning and professional careers.Adrianna Nizinska, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Education, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She has published and researched on adult learning in higher education, non-traditional students and social dimensions of European universities.José González-Monteagudo, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Seville, Spain. He has published and researched on educational theories, lifelong learning, social inclusion and biographical-narrative methodologies.

• The European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA)IntroductionBarbara Merrill, Adrianna Nizinska, Andrea Galimberti and José González-Monteagudo1. Learning Careers and Transformative Learning: Challenges of Learning and Work in Neoliberal SpacesTed FlemingPart 1: Continuity and Discontinuity in Formal Education2. Friendship, Discourse and Belonging in the Studio: The Experiences of ‘Non-Traditional’ Students in Design Higher EducationSamantha Broadhead3. English Language Book Club and Transformative Learning: Developing Critical Consciousness in the English Language Classroom in a UK Further Education (FE) College and in a South African TownshipIda LealPart 2: Continuity and Discontinuity in Social Institutions4. Participation and Persistence: An Analysis of Underserved Students at UOITAlyson King, Allyson Eamer and Nawal Ammar5. Education Interrupted: Learning Careers of Adults Living with Mental IllnessShanti Irene Fernando and Alyson E. King6. Inmates in Higher Education in Italy and Spain: Legal, Cultural and Technological Issues in a Complex Network of Continuity and DiscontinuityGiuseppe PilleraPart 3: Continuity and Discontinuity around the Job Market7. Continuity and Discontinuity around Academia: The “Find Your Doctor” Project as a Space for Researching and Facilitating Learning CareersAndrea Galimberti and Eva Ratti8. Stimulating Empowerment and Supporting Access to Learning for Formally Low-Qualified Adults: Potentials of Work-Related Competency Assessment in Social EnterprisesMonika Kastner9. Policies for Equality and Employability: Consequences for Non-Traditional Students in SwedenCamilla Thunborg and Agnieszka Bron10. Learning Careers of Non-Traditional Students on Employability SkillsMaría A. Tenorio-Rodríguez, Teresa Padilla-Carmona and José González-Monteagudo11. Literacy Practices in Adult Learning Biographies: Possibilities and ConstraintsAna Silva, Maria de Lourdes Dionísio and Juliana CunhaPart 4: Continuity and Discontinuity in Professional Contexts12. Adults’ Learning and Career Temporalities in the Analysis of Professionalisation and Professional Identity ConstructionPascal Roquet13. Ways of Learning of Adult Educators in Uncertain Professional ContextsCatarina Paulos14. No More Superheroes … Only Avatars? Survival Role Play in English Post Compulsory EducationCarol A. Thompson and Peter J. WolstencroftConclusionsAndrea Galimberti, Barbara Merrill, Adrianna Nizinska and Jose González-Monteagudo