Research Catalog

Title

Lifelong and continuing education : what is a learning society? / edited by Paul Oliver.

Publication

Aldershot ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate Pub., ©1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

Oliver, Paul.

Description

xi, 242 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"Lifelong and continuing education is one of the main issues on the educational stage. In the United Kingdom it is a key feature of the government's educational initiative as reflected in the Green Paper, 'The Learning Age: a renaissance for a new Britain' [DfEE, 1998]. This book provides a range of contributions to the current debate from academic practitioners. It includes both theoretical discussions and empirically-based studies. Lifelong learning continues to raise important educational questions which are relevant in many countries. These include issues concerning how to enable individuals to reach their potential for self-fulfilment; how to ensure that educational opportunities are interesting and available to all; and how to ensure that a nation's workforce is adaptable and well-educated. Each chapter explores a dimension of such fundamental questions."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Monitoring change in education

Uniform Title

Monitoring change in education

Subject

• Continuing education
• Continuing education > Philosophy
• Adult learning
• continuing education
• Weiterbildung
• Lebenslanges Lernen

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

1. The Concept of Lifelong Learning / Paul Oliver -- 2. Degrees of Adult Participation: Lifelong Learning in European Universities / Barbara Merrill -- 3. Lifelong (L)earning and a 'New Age' at Work / Richard Edwards -- 4. Adult Education with Theological Reflection: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach through Open Learning / Celia Deane-Drummond -- 5. Identity, Risk and Lifelong Learning / Robin Usher -- 6. Higher Education Courses in the Community: Issues Around Guidance and Learning Support for Non-Traditional Students / Julia Preece -- 7. Mental Health and Adult Education / Katherine Hughes -- 8. An Exploratory Examination of Changing Perceptions of Careership: The Implications for the Management of the Continuing Professional Development of Teachers / Loraine Powell -- 9. Never Mind the Outcomes, What About the Experience: Lifelong Learning, Autobiography and Skills for Progression to Higher Education / Anna Paczuska -- 10. Towards a Learning Society: The Role of Formal, Non-Formal and Informal Learning / Rosemary Moreland -- 11. Lifelong Learning: Stretching the Discourse / Ian Martin -- 12. Lifelong Learning for a Sustainable Future / Gillian Trorey, Cedric Cullingford and Barrie Cooper -- 13. Employer Involvement in Lifelong Learning / Jill Mannion Brunt -- 14. On Parenting and Being a Child: Lifelong or Short-Term Learning? / Cedric Cullingford and Mary Morrison.

ISBN

• 1840149051
• 9781840149050

LCCN

99071887

OCLC

• ocm41257576
• 41257576
• SCSB-1211470

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library