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Demetrion, George – Adult Literacy Education, 2022
John Dewey's educational philosophy provides a compelling resource for empowering adult vocational education through a cultural vision, ultimately rooted in a view of social democracy as the creative task of lifelong learning before us. This is supported by Dewey's interpretation of knowledge construction in its varied cognitive, ethical, and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Philosophy, Adult Education, Democracy
OECD Publishing, 2016
Evidence shows that early childhood education leads to the development of cognitive, social and emotional skills at a young age as well as to better school performance later on. It also creates conditions for lifelong learning and better future professional achievement. Furthermore, efforts to ensure quality early childhood education programmes…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Benefits, Cognitive Development, Thinking Skills
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Taylor, Edward W. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2010
On any given day, hundreds of thousands of individuals, groups, and families visit libraries, parks, zoos, museums, and arboretums. Although quite diverse in their holdings, these places are linked together as institutions that focus on collecting, preserving, and/or presenting a body of knowledge (e.g., manuscripts, artifacts, documents, animals,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Lifelong Learning, Cultural Centers, Adult Learning
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Trowbridge, Richard Hawley – London Review of Education, 2007
While research indicates that humans tend potentially to develop towards wisdom in later years, a review of mainly participant-determined groups and courses in 338 lifelong learning centers for older people shows little interest in wisdom or personal development activities. With the suggestion that this apparent lack of interest may be partially…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Lifelong Learning, Individual Development, Educational Methods
Moberg, Eric – Online Submission, 2006
In Alex Haley's "Autobiography of Malcolm X" (1965), Haley recounts the life of an historical personage of enduring controversy. Whether one reveres or reviles Malcolm, "X", Little, his is a fascinating story of lifelong learning. Rather than conforming to one theory, Malcolm's learning is well explained by certain theorists at certain times in…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning, Autobiographies, Teaching Methods
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Leicester, Mal; Pearce, Richard – Journal of Moral Education, 1997
Outlines theoretical issues associated with the presupposition that sociocognitive features of maturity can potentially generate worthwhile learning. Reviews recent research into the impact of adult-education-certified courses on mature students' sense of identity that supports claims for continued adult learning. Links are made to lifelong moral…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Development