Creating a learning society? : learning careers and policies for lifelong learning /

This book presents a highly innovative study of participation in lifelong learning and the problems which need to be overcome if lifelong learning policies are to be successful.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gorard, Stephen
Other Authors: Rees, Gareth, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, 2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • CREATING A LEARNING SOCIETY?; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Contemporary policies for a learning society; 2. Lifelong learning trajectories; 3. History, place and the learning society: the case of South Wales; 4. Patterns of individual participation in adult learning; 5. Families and the formation of learner identities; 6. Lifelong learning trajectories and the two dimensions of change over time; 7. The role of informal learning; 8. The learning society and the economic imperative; 9. The impact of policies to widen participation.