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Personal Data Education Employment Membership-Professional Organizations Publications Major Contributions to Adult Education Additional Resources Other Pictures Interesting Facts References

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Personal Data

 

1959-Present

He is the founding editor of the International Journal of Lifelong Education. He has over thirty years of experience in the field of Adult Education.

 

Education

 

BD degree earned in 1965 from the University of London

BA degree earned in 1969 in sociology from the University of Sheffield

M.Sc. degree earned in 1972 in sociology of education from the University of Birmingham

Ph.D. degree earned in sociology of the professions from the University of Aston

 

Employment

 

Professor of Continuing Education at the University of Surrey, U.K.   Adjunct Professor of Adult Education at the University of Georgia, USA (former position)   Honoris Causa Professor of the University, University of Pecsin Hungary.   In addition, Dr. Jarvis holds honorary visiting professorships in City University (UK), Pecs University (Hungary) and Tianjin Radio and Television University Chibna). He also fulfills an academician role at the University of Nottingham.

Awards and Honors

 

President of the British Association of International and Comparative Education (BAICE) in the year 1999-2000; the Cyril O Houle World Award for Adult Education Literature from the American Association of Adult and Continuing Education; the Comenius Award - International ESVA Foundation (Outstanding Adult Educator in Europe--First Holder); he was also the first non-North American to be elected to the International Hall of Fame of Adult and Continuing Education in USA, which is located in University of Oklahoma. He was also awarded a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science research fellowship at the University of Tokyo. He was Noted Scholar at the University of British Columbia, and has been a Visiting Professor at the universities of Ljubljana, Pedagogical University of Tallinn, Tennessee, Alaska at Anchorage and Maryland. He is an honorary member of a number of Professional Associations in different parts of the world. He is also a frequent speaker on all aspects of adult education, distance learning and lifelong learning throughout the world.  

Honorary doctorates at the University of Surrey (D. Litt), University of Helsinki (Hon DPhil), City University (DSc Hons), Hellenic Open University (D Univ Hons), FRSA (DEd Hons), Fairfax (DEd Hons).

 

Membership-Professional Organizations

 

Member of CPAE and AAACE

 

Publications

 

1983 1983     1985    1986     1987     1987  1990  1992 1993 1995 1997 1998 2001 2002 2007     2007 2009 2010 2011   2012	Adult and Continuing Education: Theory and Practice Professional Education (New Patterns of Learning Series) The Sociology of Adult and Continuing Education Sociological Perspectives on Lifelong Education and Lifelong Learning Twentieth Century Thinkers in Adult Education Adult Learning in the Social Context International Directory of Adult and Continuing Education Paradoxes of Learning: On Becoming an Individual in Society Adult Education and the State: Towards a Politics of Adult Education Adult and Continuing Education: Theory and Practice Ethics and Education for Adults in a Late Modern Society The Practitioner-Researcher: Developing Theory from Practice Learning in Later Life An International Dictionary of Adult and Continuing Education Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society Complete Trilogy Set: Globalization, Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society: Sociological Perspectives (Volume 2) Teaching, Learning and Education in Late Modernity Learning to be a Person in Society Adult Education and Lifelong Learning: Theory and Practice  Teaching, Learning and Education in Late Modernity: The Selected Works of Peter Jarvis From Adult Education to the Learning Society: Twenty-one Years of the International Journal of Lifelong Education   He has written and edited about 30 books and 200 papers and chapters in books on adult education and learning, continuing professional education, nurse education, primary school education, distance education, third age education.  He also has published in other areas such as curriculum evaluation in nursing.

Professional Interest Areas

 

Adult learning and sensory learning, professional education, nurse education, distance education, third age education, and social aspects of education

 

Major Contributions to Adult Education

 

Founding editor of The International Journal of Lifelong Education, for the past twenty-five years.  Serves on the editorial boards of the Adult Education Quarterly, International Education, Convergence, and the Journal of Educational Gerontology. 

 

Peter Jarvis is a pioneer in the field of adult education. He developed a hallmark sensory learning theory that focused on the process of learning through social experiences. He believed that all five human senses (i.e., sound, sight, smell, taste, and touch) are involved with real learning (sensory learning). As we go through life, we encounter novel situations, and we use one of more of our senses for the potential learning situation. He posited three different levels, which include non-learning, non-reflective learning, and reflective learning. All three levels are further broken down routes for learning. His major contribution of a learning process model shed light on how learning occurs for adults and also broke down the components of learning. His model helps us understand how learning occurs throughout the lifespan, teaches us how to empower learners, and also clarifies how social roles are involved.

 

He serves as Chair of the Board of Editors of Comparative Education and serves on a number of editorial boards including the the Adult Education Quarterly, International Education, Convergence, and the Journal of Educational Gerontology. He has been appointed to the Consultative Committee and helped prepare for the UNESCO World Conference on Adult Education. He has been involved in research on a global level in such countries as the U.K., Hong Kong, and Australia. Also, Peter Jarvis has fulfilled the role of an examiner for thesis and dissertations in numerous countries.

 

 

 

Additional Resources

 

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Interesting Facts

 

He has published well over 30 books and is a freelance musician. 

He has written and edited over 30 books and 200 papers and chapters in books. He is an active speaker and consultant on numerous fields of lifelong and adult education and learning throughout the entire world. In his spare time, he is also a Methodist Minister.

 

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References

 

 

 

 

International Adult and Continuing Education, Hall of Fame. (n.d.). Retrieved May 30, 2012, from http://www.halloffame.outreach.ou

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Jarvis, P. (1987). Adult learning in the social context. London, UK: Croom Helm.

 

JATE reading tools: About the author. (n.d.) Retrieved June 03, 2012, from http://www.equinoxpub.com/JATE/rt/bio/2547

 

Peters, J.M., & Jarvis, P. (1991). Adult education evolution & acievements in a developing field of study. San Francisco: Josse

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University of Calgary: Summer 2008 institute, Dr. Peter Jarvis. (n.d.). Retrieved June 11th, 2012, from http://www.ucalgary.ca/.sum

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University of Surrey: Professor Peter Jarvis. (n.d.). Retrieved June 09, 2012, from http://www2.surrey.ac.uk/politics/people

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