Lifelong Learning : Riding the Tiger

by Smith, Jim; Spurling, Andrea

• ISBN13: 9780304705870
• ISBN10: 030470587X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Academic

Summary

This book provides the first comprehensive picture of lifelong learning and the radical changes needed if it is to become the cultural norm. Clearly written and readily accessible, the book identifies the shifts in attitude and behaviour which are needed to establish a lifelong learning culture. Looking ahead over the next quarter of a century, Jim Smith and Andrea Spurling show how government and learning providers must fundamentally reassess their use of time, space and finance.
But, more than that, they also offer a practical, comprehensive and robust strategy for lifelong learning. Through trenchant analysis based on research commissioned by The Lifelong Learning Foundation, this book shows ways of confronting difficult choices and realizing the aim of comprehensive lifelong learning.

Author Biography

Jim Smith is Special Lecturer in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Nottingham.

Table of Contents

Foreword
The Lifelong Learning Foundation
Preface and Acknowledgements
Starting Points	p. 3
The Learning Scene	p. 15
A Vision for Lifelong Learning	p. 43
Review of Issues	p. 65
Time for Lifelong Learning	p. 81
Space for Lifelong Learning	p. 99
Money for Lifelong Learning	p. 111
Learning and Teaching	p. 131
Strategy for Lifelong Learning	p. 151
Financial Infrastructure	p. 159
Learning Infrastructure	p. 175
Policies for Flexibility	p. 197
Riding the Tiger	p. 213
Abbreviations and Acronyms	p. 227
References and Selected Reading	p. 229
Index	p. 237
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