The Oxford Handbook of Lifelong Learning (Oxford Library of Psychology)

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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.\nAbout the Author
Manuel London is Dean of the College of Business and SUNY Distinguished Professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He received his A.B. from Case Western Reserve University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in industrial and organizational psychology. He is
the author of 18 books, the editor of 10, and the author of more than 140 articles in the areas of performance evaluation, job feedback, career motivation, leadership development, and group learning.