Philosophical Perspectives on Lifelong Learning

by Aspin, David N.

• ISBN13: 9781402061929
• ISBN10: 1402061927
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-09-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

The aim of this book is provide an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly source of information about the international concern for the philosophy, theory, categories and concepts of lifelong learning. The books is concerned to examine in depth the range of philosophical perspectives in the field of lifelong learning theory, policy, practice and applied scholarship, extending the scale and scope of the substantive contribution made by philosophical and theoretical approaches to our understanding of education. The book seeks to make an informed contribution to shaping, expanding and deepening people's understanding the direction of future developments in educational institutions of all kinds preparing for, providing and delivering lifelong learning in all kinds of formal informal and alternative education institutions, agencies and organizations, and their various approaches, policies, practices and processes in the twenty-first century.

Table of Contents

Lifelong learning : concepts and conceptions	p. 19
Lifelong learning and the politics of the learning society	p. 39
Lifelong learning and vocational education and training : values, social capital, and caring in work-based learning provision	p. 57
From adult education to lifelong learning and back again	p. 70
'Framing' lifelong learning in the twenty-first century : towards a way of thinking	p. 85
Lifelong learning : conceptual and ethical issues	p. 109
Lifelong learning : beyond neo-liberal imaginary	p. 114
Widening participation in higher education : lifelong learning as capability	p. 131
Lifelong learning : exploring learning, equity and redress, and access an African discourse on lifelong learning : a South African case study	p. 148
Lifelong learning and democratic citizenship education in South Africa	p. 158
Lifelong learning and knowledge : towards a general theory of professional inquiry	p. 173
The nature of knowledge and lifelong learning	p. 189
Reading lifelong learning through a postmodern lens	p. 211
Good practice in lifelong learning	p. 237
Philosophical perspectives on lifelong learning : insights from education, engineering, and economics	p. 258
Building a learning region : whose framework of lifelong learning matters?	p. 275
Changing ideas and beliefs in lifelong learning?	p. 293
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