Learning Cities, Learning Regions, Learning Communities: Lifelong Learning and Local Government

by Longworth; Norman

• ISBN13: 9780415371742
• ISBN10: 0415371740
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

"This book explores the mental and social landscape of the city of today and tomorrow; the way in which organisations and people act, interact, learn and live with and among each other; and the crucial role of local administrations, learning providers, workplaces and other stakeholders in creating a better vision of the future. Learning Cities, Learning Regions, Learning Communities addresses the need for a guide to the principles and practices of lifelong learning for everyone in the cities, towns and regions of every country."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Norman Longworth is currently Visiting Professor at several European universities, Vice-President of the World Initiative on Lifelong Learning, and former President of the European Lifelong Learning Initiative.

Table of Contents

List of figures	vii
Foreword	ix
Preface	xi
Acknowledgements	xiii
Renewing, researching, refining: making sense of learning cities and regions	1	(22)
Defining, dissecting, deepening: learning communities, cities, regions and organisations	23	(22)
Constructing, contracting, commemorating: tools, techniques, charters and festivals for learning cities and regions	45	(16)
Measuring, monitoring, managing: tools and techniques for measuring and monitoring learning cities and regions	61	(19)
Equipping, empowering, enriching: tools and techniques for activating learning in learning cities and regions	80	(26)
Participating, partnering, profiting: tools and techniques for involving stakeholders in learning cities and regions	106	(36)
Consulting, convincing, contributing: tools and techniques for citizen participation in learning cities and regions	142	(24)
Imagining, internationalising, interconnecting: global roles, global opportunities for learning cities and regions	166	(26)
Summarising, strengthening, sustaining: putting it all together	192	(29)
Annexe: a list of useful websites	221	(2)
Bibliography	223	(6)
Index	229