The World of Life-Based Learning : Foundations and Applications Across Contexts

This book provides a comprehensive and practical guide to life-based learning, a paradigm of education that integrates formal, informal, and non-formal learning experiences across various contexts and domains, such as community, workplace, personal, and leisure settings.

This book provides a comprehensive and practical guide to life-based learning, a paradigm of education that integrates formal, informal, and non-formal learning experiences across various contexts and domains, such as community, workplace, personal, and leisure settings. The book addresses the problem of how to design and implement effective and engaging learning experiences that are relevant, meaningful, and authentic for learners of all ages and backgrounds. The book also explores the benefits and key challenges of life-based learning for learners, educators and policy makers through case studies of life-based learning initiatives and programs from around the world. The book is intended for those interested or involved in the field of education, such as teachers, trainers, facilitators, curriculum developers, instructional designers, researchers, policy makers, and learners. Chapters 1, 2 and 24 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 NC-ND International License via link.springer.com.?