Differing visions of a Learning Society Vol 1 : : Research findings Volume 1 / / ed. by Frank Coffield.

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• MitwirkendeR: Alderton, Jane,; Ball, Stephen J.,; Bartlett, Will,; Bennett, Neville,; Carré, Clive,; Cockrill, Antje,; Coffield, Frank,; Cole, Gerald,; Cooke, Phil,; Davies, Brian,; Dowswell, Therese,; Dunne, Elisabeth,; Eraut, Michael,; Fitz, John,; Hewison, Jenny,; Howieson, Cathy,; Macrae, Sheila,; Maguire, Meg,; Millar, Bobbie,; Raffe, David,; Rees, Teresa,; Scott, Peter,; Senker, Peter,; Spours, Ken,; Young, Michael,
• HerausgeberIn: Coffield, Frank,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2000]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Series: ESRC Learning Society series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)

Lifelong learning has been an evidence-free zone for too long. It has been under-researched and under-theorised. This volume, the first of two, is the culmination of years of empirical work undertaken for the ESRC's Learning Society Programme, a major investment in lifelong learning research. I...

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Contents
• Notes on contributors
• Introduction: A critical analysis of the concept of a learning society
• ‘Worlds apart’ – Education markets in the post-16 sector of one urban locale 1995-98
• Unifying academic and vocational learning in England, Wales and Scotland
• Skill development in higher education and employment
• The variable contribution of guidance services in different types of learning societies
• Changing patterns of training provision in the National Health Service: an overview
• Working and learning in Britain and Germany: findings of a regional study
• Development of knowledge and skills at work
• Index