Lifelong learning and lifecourse

Student will:

• master the conceptual dimensions of lifecourse and its different stages
• be familiar with the significance of upbringing education and learning at different stages of life
• understand how different socio-cultural factors play a significant role in peoples’ lifecourses
• Develop critical thinking skills

Literature for book exam (all 3 books must be accepted in the same exam):
• Jarvis 2010. Adult education and lifelong learning: Theory and practice (renewed 4. print) (Available online)
• Sugarman 2001. Life-span Development: Frameworks, accounts and strategies. (Available online)
• Finnegan, F. & Grummell, B. 2019. Power and Possibility: Adult Education in a Diverse and Complex World (1st ed., Vol. 7). BRILL. (Available online, Open Access)
The literature list for study circle is available in the course online learning environment.

Offering data
Kasvatus- ja aikuiskasvatustieteen asiantuntijakoulutus; international exchange students in edu-cation and adult education; students at Bachelor’s degree programme in Lifelong learning and sustainable development; minor degree and open university students studying the basic studies in Lifelong learning and sustainable development.

Further information
A study circle group can consist of only Finnish speakers, only English speakers, or both. In a Finn-ish-speaking group the study circle report can be submitted in Finnish.

Campus: Joensuu; online