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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 321 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0203183320
  • 9780203183328
  • 9780750709903
  • 0750709901
  • 0203184076
  • 9780203184073
  • 1135699399
  • 9781135699390
  • 1280401958
  • 9781280401954
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Lifelong learning.DDC classification:
  • 374 21
LOC classification:
  • LC5215 .L497 2000eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Lifelong learning / John Field & Mal Leicester -- Introduction -- Contents -- Contributors -- Lifelong learning, lifelong learning, lifelong learning / Richard Edwards -- Community education and lifelong learning / Rennie Johnston -- The death of mass higher education and the birth of lifelong learning / Peter Scott -- The corporate university / Peter Jarvis -- Rights and obligations / Kenneth H. Lawson -- The evolution of the learning society / Jack Cohen & Mal Leicester -- Care or control? / Kathryn Ecclestone -- Adult cognition as a dimension of lifelong learning / Stephen Brookfield -- Learning for living / Val Millman -- Learning, work and community / Terry Hyland -- Life politics and popular learning / Jane Thompson -- Lifelong learning for a new society / Shirley Pendlebury & Penny Enslin -- Confucianism, cultural revolution and corporate classrooms/ John Morgan -- Lifelong learning in Australia / David Aspin, John Collard and Judith Chapman -- Lifelong learning / Robin Barrow and Patrick Keeney -- Europe and lifelong learning / Klaus Künzel -- Learning in the Isles / John Field -- Inclusive learning for 'active citizenship' / 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 / Jane McKie -- Reflections on lifelong learning and the Third Age / Alex Withnall -- Lifelong learning / John McIlroy.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Lifelong learning / John Field & Mal Leicester -- Introduction -- Contents -- Contributors -- Lifelong learning, lifelong learning, lifelong learning / Richard Edwards -- Community education and lifelong learning / Rennie Johnston -- The death of mass higher education and the birth of lifelong learning / Peter Scott -- The corporate university / Peter Jarvis -- Rights and obligations / Kenneth H. Lawson -- The evolution of the learning society / Jack Cohen & Mal Leicester -- Care or control? / Kathryn Ecclestone -- Adult cognition as a dimension of lifelong learning / Stephen Brookfield -- Learning for living / Val Millman -- Learning, work and community / Terry Hyland -- Life politics and popular learning / Jane Thompson -- Lifelong learning for a new society / Shirley Pendlebury & Penny Enslin -- Confucianism, cultural revolution and corporate classrooms/ John Morgan -- Lifelong learning in Australia / David Aspin, John Collard and Judith Chapman -- Lifelong learning / Robin Barrow and Patrick Keeney -- Europe and lifelong learning / Klaus Künzel -- Learning in the Isles / John Field -- Inclusive learning for 'active citizenship' / 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 / Jane McKie -- Reflections on lifelong learning and the Third Age / Alex Withnall -- Lifelong learning / John McIlroy.

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'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.

English.

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