Philosophical Perspectives on Lifelong Learning

✍ Scribed by Professor David N. Aspin, Director Judith D. Chapman (auth.), Professor David N. Aspin (eds.)

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Leaves: 342
Series: Lifelong Learning Book Series 11
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

The aim of this book is provide an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly source of information about the international concern for the philosophy, theory, categories and concepts of lifelong learning. The books is concerned to examine in depth the range of philosophical perspectives in the field of lifelong learning theory, policy, practice and applied scholarship, extending the scale and scope of the substantive contribution made by philosophical and theoretical approaches to our understanding of education. The book seeks to make an informed contribution to shaping, expanding and deepening people’s understanding the direction of future developments in educational institutions of all kinds preparing for, providing and delivering lifelong learning in all kinds of formal informal and alternative education institutions, agencies and organizations, and their various approaches, policies, practices and processes in the twenty-first century.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiv
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Lifelong Learning: Concepts and Conceptions....Pages 19-38
Lifelong Learning and the Politics of the Learning Society....Pages 39-56
Lifelong Learning and Vocational Education and Training: Values, Social Capital, and Caring in Work-Based Learning Provision....Pages 57-69
From Adult Education to Lifelong Learning and Back Again....Pages 70-84
‘Framing’ Lifelong Learning in the Twenty-First Century: Towards a Way of Thinking....Pages 85-105
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Lifelong Learning: Conceptual and Ethical Issues....Pages 109-113
Lifelong Learning: Beyond Neo-Liberal Imaginary....Pages 114-130
Widening Participation in Higher Education: Lifelong Learning as Capability....Pages 131-147
Lifelong Learning: Exploring Learning, Equity and Redress, and Access....Pages 148-157
Lifelong Learning and Democratic Citizenship Education in South Africa....Pages 158-170
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Lifelong Learning and Knowledge: Towards a General Theory of Professional Inquiry....Pages 173-188
The Nature of Knowledge and Lifelong Learning....Pages 189-210
Reading Lifelong Learning Through a Postmodern Lens....Pages 211-233
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
Good Practice in Lifelong Learning....Pages 237-257
Philosophical Perspectives on Lifelong Learning: Insights from Education, Engineering, and Economics....Pages 258-274
Building a Learning Region: Whose Framework of Lifelong Learning Matters?....Pages 275-292
Changing Ideas and Beliefs in Lifelong Learning?....Pages 293-308
Back Matter....Pages 310-332

✦ Subjects

Educational Policy; Education & Society; Educational Philosophy; Curriculum Studies; Learning & Instruction

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