The School, the Community and Lifelong Learning

by Chapman, Judith D.; Aspin, David N.

• ISBN13: 9780304332823
• ISBN10: 0304332828
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Academic

Summary

A volume which argues that, in order to give children the positive, successful and enthusiastic start in life that is necessary as a basis for the ideal of "lifelong learning," schools must be prepared to engage the community actively, while undertaking radical self-appraisal and renewal.

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Foreword	ix	(1)
Preface	x	(2)
Acknowledgements	xii
Part I The Concern and the Concept	3	(46)
1 The International Concern for Lifelong Learning	3	(14)
2 Lifelong Learning for All: Concept and Conceptions	17	(32)
Part II The Policy Context	49	(118)
3 Understanding the Policy Context: Socio-economic Trends and Challenges to Education	49	(27)
4 Establishing a Basis for Lifelong Learning: Curriculum, Teaching and Learning	76	(24)
5 Using Educational Goals and Standards to Enhance System Provision of Lifelong Learning	100	(17)
6 Managing a Coherent Approach to Lifelong Learning	117	(50)
Part III Lifelong Learning through School and Community	167	(90)
7 Connecting Schools, Families and Communities	167	(33)
8 Establishing Relationships with Business, Industry and Commerce	200	(17)
9 Cultivating Connections with Constituencies in Culture and the Arts	217	(14)
10 Forging Partnerships among Schools and Other Providers of Learning	231	(26)
Part IV Conclusions and Recommendations	257	(53)
11 Leading the Learning Community	257	(26)
12 Schools as Centres for the Learning Community	283	(27)
Appendix 1: Organizations and Departments from Which People Were Interviewed	310	(2)
Appendix 2: Questions Asked in Interviews	312	(3)
Bibliography	315	(16)
Index	331