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- Focuses on an important topic in the world today
- Is a valuable resource that contributes to the understanding of lifelong learning and elder education
- Written by renowned scholars in the field
Part of the book series: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects (EDAP, volume 15)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Ageing Issues and Provisions for Learning
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Front Matter
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Provisions for Ageing in Parts of Asia and Hong Kong
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Gillian Boulton-Lewis
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The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Tai Po, Hong Kong/PR China
Maureen Tam
About the editors
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Professor Emeritus Gillian Boulton-Lewis is currently an adjunct professor at the Queensland University of Technology and Professor of Teacher Education at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji. Her research interests are in learning and its implications for education across the lifespan. Her recent research is focused on moral development in early childhood, ageing and learning, and sustainable communities for seniors. She has published widely and been involved with a large number of funded research projects.
Maureen Tam is Associate Professor in Elderly Education in the Department of International Education and Lifelong Learning at the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd). She is also Deputy Director of the Centre for Lifelong Learning Research and Development in the Institute and concurrently Academic Coordinator of the HKIEd Elder Academy. Her recent research interests are elder learning and active ageing and she holds a HKIEd Internal Research Grant to conduct a critical international review of the state of theorization, policy and research in elderly learning and education.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Active Ageing, Active Learning
Book Subtitle: Issues and Challenges
Editors: Gillian Boulton-Lewis, Maureen Tam
Series Title: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2111-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-2110-4Published: 15 September 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3723-5Published: 27 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-2111-1Published: 15 September 2011
Series ISSN: 1573-5397
Series E-ISSN: 2214-9791
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 180
Topics: Lifelong Learning/Adult Education, Geriatrics/Gerontology, International and Comparative Education