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Lifelong Learning and Dementia

A Posthumanist Perspective

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  1. Jocey Quinn

    1. Plymouth Institute of Education, Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK

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  2. Claudia Blandon

    1. Plymouth Institute of Education, Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK

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  • Uses a posthuman framework to explore lifelong learning in dementia in a clear, accessible way

  • Highlights the ways in which music and arts stimulate learning in people with dementia

  • Provides a breakthrough in ways to understand lifelong learning

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning (PSAELL)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction to Dementia and Lifelong Learning

    • Jocey Quinn, Claudia Blandon
    Pages 1-22

  3. A Posthumanist Perspective on Dementia

    • Jocey Quinn, Claudia Blandon
    Pages 23-41

  4. Dementia and the Post-verbal

    • Jocey Quinn, Claudia Blandon
    Pages 43-59

  5. Intergenerational Learning and Dementia

    • Jocey Quinn, Claudia Blandon
    Pages 61-81

  6. Conclusion

    • Jocey Quinn, Claudia Blandon
    Pages 83-92

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 93-98
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About this book

This book explores the potential for lifelong learning in dementia. A growing social issue, dementia has previously been understood as a wasteland for learning: at best, those with dementia are helped to hold on to some pre-existing skills. This book draws on extensive qualitative data with people with dementia and their families to demonstrate that new forms of learning can happen in dementia, with positive outcomes for both the learner and those around them. In doing so, this book demonstrates that those with dementia help us to understand learning differently, thus providing a breakthrough in our understanding and theorising of lifelong learning. Using posthuman theory to scaffold and discuss the findings, this pioneering book will appeal to scholars of dementia, lifelong learning and the posthuman. 
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Keywords

  • Dementia and learning
  • Learning beyond words
  • Inter-generational learning through dementia
  • Dementia and post-humanism
  • Dementia and care
  • Geriatric Care
  • Lifelong Learning
  • Learning in Old Age
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Reviews

“This book represents the value posthumanism can bring to learning environments. It emphasizes learning as creativity in everyday life and criticizes stereotypes about learning and people with dementia. … The text is a beautiful homage to people with dementia and affirms their position in society as valuable and worthy of education and attention.” (Daisy Ahlstone, Disability Studies Quarterly, dsq-sds.org, Vol. 41 (1), 2021)

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Plymouth Institute of Education, Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK

    Jocey Quinn, Claudia Blandon

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About the authors

Jocey Quinn is Professor of Education at the University of Plymouth, UK. Her research focuses on adults in post-compulsory and informal contexts and on issues of knowledge transformation and social justice.

Claudia Blandon is Research Assistant at the University of Plymouth, UK. Her research interests focus on education, evaluation research and the learning that occurs in contexts of displacement.

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