1st Edition
UNESCO�s Utopia of Lifelong Learning An Intellectual History
By Maren Elfert
Copyright 2018
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
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With a focus on lifelong learning, this book examines the shifts that UNESCO’s educational concepts have undergone in reaction to historical pressures and dilemmas since the founding of the organization in 1945. The tensions between UNESCO’s humanistic worldview and the pressures placed on the organization have forced UNESCO to depart from its utopian vision of lifelong learning, while still... Read more
1. Introduction 2. UNESCO’s Humanism: The Challenge of "Unity in Diversity" 3. UNESCO’s Early Years: Human Rights, High Hopes and Harsh Realities 4. Éducation Permanente and the "Crisis of Education" 5. Learning to be: The Faure Report 6. The Delors Report and the 1990s 7.: The Struggle of Ideologies
Biography
Maren Elfert is Lecturer in Education & Society in the School of Education, Communication and Society at King’s College London, UK.
