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

by John Preston, John Bynner, Tom Schuller, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415328012
• ISBN13: 9780415328012
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"