1st Edition
Living In A Learning Society Life-Histories, Identities And Education
135 Pages
by
Routledge
135 Pages
by
Routledge
135 Pages
by
Routledge
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This text discusses the meaning of education through an examination of life paths, identities and significant learning experiences. Looking at education over three generations of war and scant education; of structural change and increasing educational opportunities; and of social well-being and wide educational choice the book examines a variety of questions.; The book demonstrates how the synthesis of social and cultural interpretations of education forms four groups: resource, status, conformity and individualism. The implications to education policy in late-modern or postmodern society are also discussed.
How to study people's lives; the meaning of education; biographical method; education in the life-course of three generations; cultural construction of educational identity; significant experiences and empowerment; conclusion - modernization and education; future prospects - toward the global learning society?
Biography
Ari Antikainen, Jarmo Houtsonen, Juha Kauppila, Hannu Huotelin