Making sense of lifelong learning : respecting the needs of all / Norman Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Norman, 1923-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Continuing education--Great Britain.

Continuing education.

Adult learning--Great Britain.

Adult learning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book looks beyond the current rhetoric about lifelong learning and asks long overdue questions on the need of LLL, the motives of institutions, employers and the Government in promoting it, and who says what is or is not LLL.

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Lifelong learning paradox contradiction rediscovery; 3 Evolving practice of lifelong learning; 4 Catching up who are the missing learners; 5 Motivational mismatches for lifelong learning; 6 Towards wider participation encouraging it; 7 Widening participation; 8 Postscript making sense of lifelong learning; References; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]-162) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-46420-7

0-415-28044-3

1-134-46421-5

1-280-05452-2

0-203-46471-0

9780203464717

OCLC:

475893314