Main description:

This Handbook provides a comprehensive and up-to-date examination of lifelong learning. Across 38 chapters, including twelve that are brand new to this edition, the approach is interdisciplinary, spanning human resources development, adult learning (educational perspective), psychology, career and vocational learning, management and executive development, cultural anthropology, the humanities, and gerontology. This volume covers trends that contribute to the need for
continuous learning, considers psychological characteristics that relate to the drive to learn, reviews existing theory and research on adult learning, describes training methods and learning technologies for instructional design, and explores current and future challenges to support continuous
learning.

Contents:

1. Lifelong Learning: Introduction
Manuel London

2. Concepts and Definition of Lifelong Learning
Paul J. Hager

3. Models of Lifelong Learning: An Overview
Ted Fleming

4. Biological Bases for Learning and Development Across the Life Span
Richard P. Keeling, Jennifer Stevens Dickson, and Trey Avery

5. Improving Self-Awareness
and Self-Insight
Richard Klimoski and Xiaoxiao Hu

6. The Learning Way: Learning from Experience as the Path to Lifelong Learning
and Development
Angela M. Passarelli and David A. Kolb

7. Learning Life Skills of Emotional and Social Intelligence Competencies
Richard E. Boyatzis

8. University Education: Leadership Development In and Outside
the Classroom
Suzanne L. Velazquez

9. Learning Throughout Life About the Needs of All Generations:
Recognizing and Counteracting Generational Isolation
Robert D. Strom and Paris S. Strom

10. Corporate Employee Training and Development Strategies
William J. Rothwell and Anita Pane Whiteford

11. Leading Is Learning: Constant Change, Digital Transformation,
and Leadership Development
Thomas Diamante and Nicole J. Leavey

12. Coaching Leaders for Continuous Learning
David M. Wallace, Stephen J. Zaccaro, and Katelyn N. Hedrick

13. The Role of the Feedback Environment in Self-Development
Montana L. Drawbaugh, John E. Gianelloni, and Paul E. Levy

14. Role of Supervisor as Coach and Developer
Weilin Su, He Ding, and Yuhao Liu

15. Assessment Centers: A Blended-Learning
Adult Development Strategy
Lynn Gracin Collins and Sandra B. Hartog

16. Performance Management: A Framework for Continuous Learning
in Organizations
Edward M. Mone

17. Participation in Continuing Education Programs: Antecedents,
Consequences, and Implications
Daniel C. Feldman and Thomas W.H. Ng

18. Professionals as Lifelong Learners
Edward R. Del Gaizo and Ariel Laudermith

19. Learning Linkages and Flows Between Individuals, Groups, and the
Organization: Creating Programs to Foster Continuous Learning
Valerie I. Sessa and Catrina Notari

20. E-Learning:
New Opportunities and a View of the Future
Richard E. Mayer

21. Designing Collaboration Learning Work Experiences
M. J. Hall and Laleh Patel

22. Talent Development as an Alternative to Orthodox Career Thinking:
The Scandinavian Case
Henrik Holt Larsen, Inger Stensaker, Paul Gooderham, and Jette Schramm-Nielsen

23. Globalization and the Impact of Social Change and Economic Transformation
in Lifelong Learning in Russia
Joseph I. Zajda

24. Sustainable Education, Employability, and Job Prospects for
Next Generations in the Digital Era
Erika Quendler, Matthew James Lamb, and Noureddin Driouech

25. Beyond Schooling: Learning Cities and Adult Education in the
Global South
Michael Osborne and Carli Rowell

26. Cultural Competency Interventions: Three Case Studies with Guiding
Theoretical Frameworks
Daniel Basil Kerr, Tara Madden-Dent,
and Neivin Shalabi

27. Learning Challenges for Adults with Learning Disabilities
Mark P. Mostert and Lucinda S. Spaulding

28. Unexpected Employment Transitions and Lifelong Learning
Tera M. Meerkins, David L. Blustein, Kahlil DuPerry, and Whitney Erby

29. The Impact of Workaholic Leaders on Followers: Continuous Learning
Quan Li and Zhuolin She

30. Transitions to Leadership as Foundation for Continuous Learning:
Development of Leadership Style and Identity
Manuel London and Gary D. Sherman

31. Volunteerism: A Means of Lifelong Learning
Tim McHeffy, John Brush, Danielle Zanzarov, Jennifer Browne, and
Caroline McHeffy

32. Age and Lifelong Learning: Individualized Perspectives on Aging
P. Matthijs Bal

33. Preparing a Workforce for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Integrating
Liberal and Career Education for Lifelong Learning
Joseph W. McDonnell

34. Lifelong Learning for Professional Survival: Memoir of an Information
Technology Specialist
Philip C. Doesschate

35. Assessing Learning Needs and Outcomes in Lifelong Learning
Support Systems
Kurt Kraiger, Natalie Wolfson, Meghan K. Davenport, and Margaret E. Beier

36. Emerging Conceptualizations in Adult Learning: What Does It Take to
Create Real Behavior Change?
Tiffany M. Bisbey and Eduardo Salas

37. Lessons of Educating Tomorrow's Business Leaders
Cynthia Wagner Weick

38. Trends and Directions for Lifelong Learning Programs and Research
Manuel London