| Supporting Lifelong Learning: Volume III: Making Policy Work Contributor(s): Edwards, Richard (Editor), Miller, Nod (Editor), Small, Nick (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415259312 ISBN-13: 9780415259316 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2001 Annotation: An international team of contributors explores policy context for lifelong learning, the policies themselves, and their effects when implemented. The book focuses on the role of lifelong learning policy in relation to issues of competitiveness, technological change and social inclusion. The provision of a range of chapters from around the globe uniquely establishes a comparative basis for the reader. This volume also encourages the student to evaluate lifelong learning as a response to globalizing trends and the globalizing of educational policy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Adult & Continuing Education - Education | Educational Policy & Reform |
| Dewey: 374 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.26" W x 9.4" (0.89 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume of the Open University Reader for Supporting Lifelong Learning looks at policy development in lifelong learning at local, regional, national and supra-national levels. Using an international team of contributors, it explores and examines the policy context for lifelong learning, the policies themselves, and their effects when implemented. The book focuses on the role of lifelong learning policy in relation to issues of competitiveness, technological change and social inclusion. The provision of a range of chapters from around the globe uniquely establishes a comparative basis for the reader. This volume also encourages the student to evaluate lifelong learning as a response to globalising trends and the globalising of educational policy. |