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Direct linkStanistreet, Paul – Adults Learning, 2011
The seventies and eighties saw the adult education movement renew and reexamine its commitment to opening up learning opportunities to "disadvantaged" groups. The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) was now part of the mainstream of public policy making in lifelong learning and had a significant role in delivering…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning, Public Policy
Marsden, Gordon – Adults Learning, 2010
There are things in the skills White Paper that those who care passionately about lifelong learning and the empowerment of adult learners will welcome. But as well as admiring the angels in the architecture, the author contends, they need to look for the devils in the detail. The White Paper cannot be considered apart from the spending review…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning, Position Papers
Rowland, Maggi – Adults Learning, 2008
Stoke-on-Trent is one of the most deprived areas of the UK. It has been described as an area with low aspirations. This is reflected in educational attainment levels among school leavers: GCSE results across the city, including English and Maths, remain significantly below the national average. Stoke-on-Trent College has a huge role to play in…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Adult Basic Education, Educational Quality, Adult Learning
Hodgson, Ann; Spours, Ken; Coffield, Frank; Edward, Shiela; Finlay, Ian; Steer, Richard – Adults Learning, 2008
With the formation of the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) in 2001, a single post-16 learning and skills sector (LSS) was created for the first time in England with huge potential to support lifelong learning. It was this momentous change that prompted the authors in 2004 to begin a study entitled "The impact of policy on learning and…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Adult Learning
Bynner, John – Adults Learning, 2008
New research shows that adults with the lowest literacy and numeracy skills are likely to have experienced substantial disadvantage from early childhood. As the journeys of many adult learners attest, education can transform opportunity. What is more likely to motivate them to take up an educational offer is a life course transition or a new…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Fischer, Maria Clara Bueno; Ziebell, Clair – Adults Learning, 2005
In a changing society there is considerable interest in developing and systematising people's lifelong learning and in relating this to workplace performance. In Brazil, there has been a growing emphasis on researching and developing basic education and vocational courses from the perspective of active citizenship. This point of view informs this…
Descriptors: Social Life, Citizenship, Lifelong Learning, Experiential Learning
