Making Sense of Lifelong Learning
Published on 16. December 2003
176 pages
978-1-134-46421-0 (ISBN)
Description
Making Sense of Lifelong Learning looks beyond the rhetoric about lifelong learning (LLL), and asks long overdue questions such as, Who is actually in need of LLL? What are the motives of institutions, employers and the Government in promoting LLL? And, who says what is and what is not LLL?
In the context of the previous government attempts to enhance the economic strength of the country, the author also makes suggestions as to what might be done to encourage wider participation in LLL, particularly with regard to the increasing economic and social gaps in today's society. The considerable demographic changes to the workplace have affected the entire population, and yet employers, the government and the individual all have very different expectations from LLL. It is this previously unchallenged 'mismatch' that is one of the central themes of the book.
In the context of the previous government attempts to enhance the economic strength of the country, the author also makes suggestions as to what might be done to encourage wider participation in LLL, particularly with regard to the increasing economic and social gaps in today's society. The considerable demographic changes to the workplace have affected the entire population, and yet employers, the government and the individual all have very different expectations from LLL. It is this previously unchallenged 'mismatch' that is one of the central themes of the book.
Reviews / Votes
'[This book has] a very great deal to offer in terms of insight into the nature of education in the early twenty-first centruy.' - David Turner, Higher Education ReviewMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
File size
1,21 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-46421-0 (9781134464210)
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Norman Evans
Making Sense of Lifelong Learning
Book
06/2003
1st Edition
Routledge
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Norman Evans
Making Sense of Lifelong Learning
Book
06/2003
1st Edition
Routledge
€82.10
Shipment within 15-20 days
Content
1. What is the Fuss About? 2. Evolving Versions of LLL 3. Who is Supposed to be in Need of LLL? 4. Motivational Mismatch for LLL 5. Towards Encouraging Wider Participation? 6. How Could it be Done? 7. Making Sense of the LLL Paradox
