| Description |
lviii, 402 pages cm |
| Series |
Kluwer international handbooks of education ; v. 6 |
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Kluwer international handbooks of education ; v. 6
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Foreword; P.W. Sheehan. Dedication. Acknowledgements. Vade Mecum. Introduction; D. Aspin, et al. List of Contributors. Section 1: Lifelong Learning: Conceptual, Philosophical and Values Issues; D. Aspin. 1. Towards a Philosophy of Lifelong Learning; D.N. Aspin, J.D. Chapman. 2. Locating Lifelong Learning and Education in Contemporary Currents of Thought and Culture; R.G. Bagnall. 3. Lifelong Learning and Personal Fulfillment; R.St.C. Barrow, P. Keeney. 4. Political Inclusion, Democratic Empowerment and Lifelong Learning; P. Enslin, et al. 5. Lifelong Learning and the Contribution of Informal Learning; P. Hager. 6. Lifelong Learning, Changing Economies and the World of Work; J. Halliday. 7. From Adult Education to Lifelong Learning; M. Leicester, S. Parker. 8. Caring for the Adult Self; J. Marshall. 9. Lifelong Learning for a Learning Democracy; S. Ranson, et al. 10. Lifelong Education: Some Deweyan Themes; I.A. Snook. 11. Lifelong Learning in the Postmodern; R. Usher. 12. Lifelong Learning: Small Adjustment or Paradigm Shift; K. Wain. Section 2: The Policy Challenge; Y. Sawano.1. Lifelong Learning Policies in Low Development Contexts: An African Perspective; D. Atchoarena, S.J. Hite. 2. Lifelong Learning and Developing Society; R. Flecha, L. Puigvert. 3. Lifelong Learning Policies in Transition Countries; Z. Jelenc. 4. Trends in and Objectives of Adult Higher Education in China; A. Makino. 5. Lifelong Learning and the Leisure Oriented Society: The Development and Challenges in the Far East; K. Okamoto. 6. The Swedish Adult Education Initiative: From Recurrent Education to Lifelong Learning; K. Rubenson. 7. Towards New Lifelong Learning Contracts in Sweden; K. Abrahamsson. 8. How to Make Lifelong Learning a Reality: Implications for One Planning of Educational Provision in Australia; P. McKenzie. 9. Lifelong Learning: A Monitoring Framework and Trends in Participation; A. Hasan. Section 3: Structures and Programs in Lifelong Learning; J. Chapman. 1. Schools and the Learning Community: Laying the Basis for Learning Across the Lifespan; J.D. Chapman, D.N. Aspin. 2. Integrity, Completeness and Comprehensiveness of the Learning Environment: Meeting the Basic Learning Needs of All Throughout Life; J. Visser. 3. Innovative Teachers: Promoting Lifelong Learning for All; C. Day. 4. Lifelong Learning and Tertiary Education: The Learning University Revisited; C. Duke. 5. Universities as Centres for Lifelong Learning: Opportunities and Threats at the Institutional Level; R. Dunkin, A. Lindsay. 6. Islands and Bridges: Lifelong Learning and Complex Systems of Higher Education in Canada; G.A. Jones. 7. The Impact of the Dearing Report on U.K. Higher Education; M. Shattock. 8. Lifelong Learning and Technical and Further Education; N. Gara. 9. Learning Communities for a Learning Century; N. Longworth. 10. Lifelong Learning and the Learning Organization; J. Walker. Section 4: The Practice: Formal, Informal and Non-Formal Initiatives in Learning Across the Lifespan; M. Hatton. 1. Community Colleges and Lifelong Learning: Canadian Experiences; P. Gallagher, W.L. Day. 2. From Literacy to Lifelong Learning in Tanzania; A. Yule. 3. Lifelong Learning and the Private Sector; W. Hanna, P. Haillet. 14. Recent Trends in the Practice of Lifelong Learning and Adult Education in Russia; J. Zajda. 5. Community Empowerment Through Lifelong Community Learning in Developing Countries; S. Naidoo. 6. Lifelong Learning, the Individual and Community Self-Help; J. Wilson. 7. New Lives for Old: Lifelong Learning Among the Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan and Canada; A. Pahalaan, J. Steckley. 8. Promoting Lifelong Learning in Developing Countries: The Institutional Environment; R. Palepu. 9. Learning in the Third Age; L. Dale. Name Index. Subject Index |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Continuing education -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Adult education -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Adult learning -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| Author |
Aspin, David N.
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| LC no. |
00069211 |
| ISBN |
0792368150 |
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