Wider Benefits of Learning Research Report No.3
Learning, Continuity
and Change in Adult Life
This report presents results from extensive fieldwork carried
out by the Wider Benefits of Learning research team. It
presents an original analytical framework developed
specifically for this study, combined with empirical results
from 140 in-depth biographical interviews in three different
areas of England. The interviews explore the way learning
affects people’s health and well-being; their family lives;
and their engagement in civic activity. The report addresses
these effects at both an individual and collective level. It
concludes with a set of significant policy implications.
Professor Tom Schuller is the Dean of the Faculty of
Continuing Education at Birkbeck College and Co-Director
of the Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning
Andy Green is Professor of Education in the School of
Lifelong Education and International Development, Institute
of Education and Co-Director of the Centre for Research
on the Wider Benefits of Learning
Angela Brassett-Grundy, Cathie Hammond and John
Preston are Research Officers in the Centre for Research
on the Wider Benefits of Learning
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