Creating a learning society? : : Learning careers and policies for lifelong learning / / Stephen Gorard, Gareth Rees.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• VerfasserIn: Gorard, Stephen,; Rees, Gareth,
• MitwirkendeR: Fevre, Ralph,; Selwyn, Neil,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)

Lifelong learning is a key government strategy - both in the UK and internationally - to promote economic growth and combat social exclusion. 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. It: provides a systematic analysis, based on innovative empirical research, of the social and economic realities which actually determine patterns of participation in lifelong learning; shows what the factors are that shape people's participation, or their decision not to participate; offers new insights into the processes of lifelong learning, which have important implications for the development of more effective policies.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Contemporary policies for a learning society -- Lifelong learning trajectories -- History, place and the learning society: the case of South Wales -- Patterns of individual participation in adult learning -- Families and the formation of learner identities -- Lifelong learning trajectories and the two dimensions of change over time -- The role of informal learning -- The learning society and the economic imperative -- The impact of policies to widen participation -- The prospects for a learning society -- References -- The research sites -- Index