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Peer reviewedForrester, Keith – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2002
Recent policy developments have involved adult educators and unions in work-related learning. However, an uncritical analysis of learning in the workplace risks aligning these activities with new forms of oppression and managerial control. (Contains 39 references.) (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employee Attitudes, Lifelong Learning, Public Policy
Direct linkvan der Veen, Ruud – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2006
Societal changes in late modernity influenced what persons should learn and also influenced how education should change to support these new learning requirements. Particularly, the increasing instrumentalization of our society requires more autonomous and reflective learners. On the one hand this article describes three specific examples of such…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Social Change, Nonformal Education, Adult Education
Peer reviewedGrant, Gordon – British Journal of Special Education, 1999
Reviews, from a British perspective, the literature on lifelong inclusive education for individuals with learning disabilities. The role of the family, community, and society in an inclusive educational culture is discussed. The paper urges more longitudinal studies, structured evaluation of inclusive educational developments, basic research on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusive Schools, Learning Disabilities, Lifelong Learning
Peer reviewedRussell, David – Studies in Continuing Education, 1991
Social ecology is a way of knowing and experiencing personal, social, and ecological dimensions of daily living. Both narrative and scientific explanations of experience must be woven together to achieve the goal of social ecology--educating and researching for change. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ethics, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning
Peer reviewedJournal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
This resolution by the Learning Disabilities Association of America urges the U.S. Department of Education to develop policies supporting life-long learning for adults with learning disabilities; establish funding to support this effort; fund research and dissemination in this area; and establish an interagency task force for adults with learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Agency Cooperation, Educational Policy
Glines, Don – 1991
The emerging global and societal conditions demand more than the rhetoric of restructuring, reform, change, and innovation. Educators must adopt the spirit of astronauts to confront the issues directly, create a desirable future for learning, and overcome the inertia of the existing school system. The proposal for the Minnesota Experimental City…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Community Education, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textHuman Resources Development Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 2002
This paper outlines the skills and learning challenges that Canada faces to ensure it meets its skills and learning requirements for the 21st century. It proposes a series of national goals and milestones against which progress can be measured over time and reported on regularly to Canadians. Following an introduction, Sections 2-5 discuss the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Competition, Developed Nations
