| Lifelong Learning: Education Across the Lifespan Contributor(s): Field, John (Editor), Leicester, Mal (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0750709901 ISBN-13: 9780750709903 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $266.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2000 Annotation: Lifelong learning increasingly dominates discussions of post-compulsory education and training policies. Although the idea of lifelong learning has been most frequently used in discussions of higher and adult education and vocational training, it further provides a framework for debating and analysing the front end of education as well as its post-school phases. Lifelong Learning examines the issues in four sections: Theoretical Perspectives; Curriculum; International Perspectives; and Widening Participation. Such a mix serves to enrich the readers' interdisciplinary perspectives on contemporary initiatives. These sections include studies on important topics such as: With contributors from China, Africa, USA, Canada, UK and other European countries, Lifelong Learning offers a comprehensive and challenging account of issues arising from varying lifelong learning decisions, and exposes the impact these decisions have on such a large majority of the population. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Adult & Continuing Education - Education | Secondary |
| Dewey: 374 |
| LCCN: 00036601 |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 7.1" W x 9.98" (1.53 lbs) 342 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: '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. |