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

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

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 ar...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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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

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