The Benefits of Learning: The Impact of Education on Health, Family Life and Social Capital

✍ Scribed by Brassett-Grundy

Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Leaves: 224
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

How do education and learning really impact on people's lives?The Benefits of Learning is a detailed, systematic and vivid account of the impact of formal and informal education on people's lives. Based on extended interviews with adults of all ages, it shows how learning affects their health, family lives and participation in civic life, revealing the downsides of education as well as the benefits. At a time when education is in danger of being narrowly regarded as an instrument of economic growth, this study covers: the interaction between learning and people's physical and psychological well-being the way learning impacts on family life and communication between generations* the effect on people's ability and motivation to take part in civic and community life.Packed with detail from adults' own accounts of their lives, the book reveals how learning enables people to sustain themselves and their communities in the face of daily stresses and strains, as well as sometimes transforming their lives. The book opens up new avenues for debate. It is a valuable resource for education researchers and of particular interest to education policy makers, adult education practitioners, health educators and postgraduate students in education.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of illustrations......Page 8
Notes on contributors......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Background and approach......Page 12
Studying benefits......Page 14
Three capitals: a framework......Page 23
Themes and case studies......Page 46
The impacts of learning on well-being, mental health and effective coping......Page 48
Mental health and well-being throughout the lifecourse......Page 68
Family life and learning: emergent themes......Page 91
Family life illustrated: transitions, responsibilities and attitudes......Page 110
'A continuous effort of sociability': learning and social capital in adult life......Page 130
Lifelong learning and civic participation: inclusion, exclusion and community......Page 148
Drawing together......Page 170
The benefits of adult learning: quantitative insights......Page 172
Reappraising benefits......Page 190
Background characteristics of respondents......Page 205
Specification of outcome and control variables......Page 207
References and bibliography......Page 210
Index......Page 221

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