The Benefits of Learning: the impact of education on health, family life and social capital By Tom Schuller, Cathie Hammond, Angela Brassett-Grundy, John Preston and John Bynner RoutledgeFalmer pound;22.99
Many Pathways to Literacy: young children learning with siblings, grandparents, peers and communities Edited by Eve Gregory, Susi Long and Dinah Volk RoutledgeFalmer pound;22.50
The Intellectual Capital of Schools By Anthony Kelly Kluwer Academic Publishers pound;24
We know education is good for the economy; we take for granted that it’s also good for individuals, families and communities. How that happens, though, is less clear - and that is why the current government, committed to its policy of lifelong learning, set up in 1999 the London University Centre for Research into the Wider Benefits of Learning. The Benefits of Learning is its first major report, and very interesting it is.
