1st Edition

Inquiry into the Future of Lifelong Learning in the UK An International Analysis

Edited By Peter Jarvis Copyright 2012
128 Pages
by Routledge

128 Pages
by Routledge

128 Pages
by Routledge

This volume offers a comprehensive international response to the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)’s inquiry into the future of lifelong learning in the UK. The book focuses upon some of the main themes of the inquiry, and analyses them from very broad perspectives undertaken by some of the world’s leading scholars. It provides an excellent introduction to significant... Read more

1. Inquiry into the Future of Lifelong Learning Peter Jarvis  2. The perils of confusing lifelong learning with lifelong education Stephen Billett  3. Demography, social structure and learning through life Ruud van der Veen  4. ‘The planet will not survive if it’s not a learning planet’: sustainable development within learning through life Shirley Walters  5. Migration and communities: challenges and opportunities for lifelong learning Shibao Guo  6. Citizenship and belonging as a moral imperative for lifelong learning Richard G. Bagnall  7. Well-being and happiness: critical, practical and philosophical considerations for policies and practices in lifelong learning Patricia A. Gouthro  8. Response to Learning through Life: thematic area of poverty reduction Julia Preece  9. Issues of citizenship: coming-into-presence and preserving the Difference Danny Wildemeersch and Joke Vandenabeele  10. Learning through life: a response to the special issue 29(4) Tom Schuller

Biography

Peter Jarvis is a founding editor of The International Journal of Lifelong Education. A prolific writer and editor, he has written and edited over 40 books on the subject. He is a frequent lecturer in universities in different parts of the world.