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Direct linkCummins, Phyllis A.; Harrington, A. Katherine; Yamashita, Takashi – Adult Learning, 2022
Access to lifelong learning opportunities has long been discussed in terms of the economic benefits conferred by access to and engagement in further education by members of the labor force, particularly within the global knowledge economy. However, equitable access to lifelong education opportunities, particularly for low-skilled adults in the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Lifelong Learning, Educational Finance, Financial Support
Hake, Barry J. – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2022
The literature regarding the social organisation of 'adult' learning opportunities throughout the life course postulates different significations of policy concepts such as 'lifelong education', 'permanent education', 'recurrent education', and 'lifelong learning' in the 1970s. This paper examines policy formation processes in France during the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Adult Learning
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2021
Concise, clear and comprehensive snapshots of vocational education and training systems in EU, Iceland and Norway: this is what the Cedefop Spotlight on VET series offers. Building on individual country Spotlights, this publication provides an overview of VET systems with their distinctive qualities, such as main accession and progression routes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Secondary Education
Navigating Difficult Waters: Learning for Career and Labour Market Transitions. Research Paper No 42
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2014
This report analyses how learning supports labour market transitions and career changes of adult workers across five countries (Denmark, Germany, Spain, France and Italy). To make the most of career and labour market opportunities, individuals have to rely on their own resources and their agency but also know how to navigate the institutional…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, Labor Needs, Adults, Individual Needs
Cagiltay, N. E.; Aydin, E.; Aydin, C. C.; Kara, A.; Alexandru, M. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2011
This paper discusses the results of a study of the requirements for developing a remote radio frequency (RF) laboratory for electrical engineering students. It investigates students' preferred usage of the technical content of a state-of-the-art RF laboratory. The results of this study are compared to previous findings, which dealt with other user…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Instructional Design, Case Studies, Scientific Principles
Council of Europe Newsletter, 1970
In French with no translation provided. (RT)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Institutional Role, Lifelong Learning, Universities
Ogunsbiye, Ayo – 1968
This document presents possible ways in which Permanent Education in France could develop, based on experiments and research carried out at the Centre Universitaire de Cooperation Economique et Sociale (CUCES) and at the Institut National pour la Formation des Adults (INFA). Part one includes the following: the good to be had from continuing…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
BELBIN, EUNICE; BELBIN, R.M. – 1966
SERIOUS PROBLEMS EXIST IN RETRAINING OLDER WORKERS, BUT WHERE AN APPROPRIATE METHOD OF TRAINING CAN BE DEVELOPED, OLDER TRAINEES CAN ACHIEVE RESULTS COMPARABLE WITH THOSE OF THEIR YOUNGER COLLEAGUES. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF THE MIDDLE-AGED LEARNER INCLUDE LONG AND UNINTERRUPTED LEARNING SESSIONS, GREATER CONSOLIDATION OF LEARNING BEFORE NEW…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Age, Discovery Learning, Employment Opportunities
SCHWARTZ, B. – 1967
THIS ESSAY DEALS MAINLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE POTENTIAL OF CONTINUING HIGHER EDUCATION IN FRANCE. THE BASIC TYPES OF ADULT EDUCATION ARE DISTINGUISHED, AND EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES, ADULT CHARACTERISTICS, AND VARIOUS LEARNING PROBLEMS OF ADULTS ARE DISCUSSED. EFFORTS BY THE CENTRE UNIVERSITAIRE DE COOPERATION ECONOMIQUE ET SOCIALE TO PROMOTE…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Educational Objectives
Long, Huey B.; And Others – 1994
These 16 papers provide as complete a picture as possible of the current efforts in self-directed learning (SDL) application and research. The papers are: "Challenging Some Myths about Self-Directed Learning Research" (Long); "Childhood Experiences as Origins of Self-Directed Learning Experiences" (Long, Stubblefield);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Classroom Techniques
Titmus, Colin – 1981
European case studies on strategies for adult education are presented as representative or exemplary approaches to universal access. Each is described within a historical and social context: the British Community Colleges and the Open University; the Swedish Study Circles; the Evening Folk High School in Germany; the social-cultural animation…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Heidemann, Winfried – 2000
This paper explores the traditional European model of vocational training in light of a new focus on employability and lifelong learning that is becoming more common in Europe. It includes the following four sections: (1) an overview of some examples of vocational training systems in Europe and the proposal that they share enough to be considered…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Delivery Systems
Nemeth, Balazs, Ed.; Poggeler, Franz, Ed. – 2002
This book, which focuses on how personality, societal values and politics have influenced the mission of adult education, contains 34 papers originally presented at a 2000 conference on the history of adult education. Following a Foreword (Poggeler) and Preface (Nemeth) the papers are: "The Globalization of Adult Education and the One World…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agricultural Education, Andragogy
