Lifelong learning : education across the lifespan / edited by John Field and Mal Leicester.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leicester, Mal.

Field, John, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adult education.

Adult learning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (410 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : RoutledgeFalmer, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Lifelong Learning' is a hot issue for educators across the world, as societies everywhere are concerned with developing a literate, skilled and flexible workforce and to widen participation in education at all levels and for all age-groups. This book covers all the major issues, with well-known academic contributors working in the field and covering the topics of theoretical, global and curriculum perspectives, widening participation and the industrial university.Topics covered include:* Community education* Popular education* Higher education* The corporate unive

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables and figure; List of contributors; Introduction: Lifelong learning or permanent schooling? JOHN FIELD AND MAL LEICESTER; Theoretical perspectives; Lifelong learning, lifelong learning, lifelong learning: a recurrent education? RICHARD EDWARDS; Community education and lifelong learning: local spice for global fare? RENNIE JOHNSTON; The death of mass higher education and the birth of lifelong learning PETER SCOTT; The corporate university PETER JARVIS; Rights and obligations: values in lifelong education as a political programme KENNETH H. LAWSON

The evolution of the learning society: brain science, social science and lifelong learning JACK COHEN AND MAL LEICESTERCurriculum; Care or control? Defining learners' needs for lifelong learning KATHRYN ECCLESTONE; Adult cognition as a dimension of lifelong learning STEPHEN BROOKFIELD; Learning for living: opportunities and approaches within the school curriculum 5 16 VAL MILLMAN; Learning, work and community: vocational studies and social values in the learning age TERRY HYLAND; Life politics and popular learning JANE THOMPSON; International perspectives

Lifelong learning for a new society: the South African case SHIRLEY PENDLEBURY AND PENNY ENSLINConfucianism, cultural revolution and corporate classrooms: China's attempts at 'a Learning Society' JOHN MORGAN; Lifelong learning in Australia DAVID ASPIN, JOHN COLLARD AND JUDITH CHAPMAN; Lifelong learning: a North American perspective ROBIN BARROW AND PATRICK KEENEY; Europe and lifelong learning: investigating the political and educational rationale of expansionism KLAUS KNZEL; Widening participation

Learning in the Isles: evolving policies for lifelong learning in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom JOHN FIELDInclusive learning for 'active citizenship': disability, learning difficulties and lifelong learning MARY STUART; Black and other ethnic minority communities' learning needs ALYSON MALACH; Lifelong learning and voluntary organizations KONRAD ELSDON; Education, training and adult refugees in the UK and Australia JANET HANNAH; Ageing with technology: adult viability in a technological world JANE MCKIE; Reflections on lifelong learning and the Third Age ALEX WITHNALL

Lifelong learning: trade unions in search of a role JOHN MCILROYINDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-69938-0

1-135-69939-9

1-280-40195-8

0-203-18332-0

9780203183328

OCLC:

475875843