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Elliott, Jane – Adults Learning (England), 1999
Current rhetoric about lifelong learning views vocationalism and employability as the central purposes of education. However, job training cannot provide complete answers to complex social and economic problems, and adults have diverse needs beyond economic ones, necessitating more comprehensive lifelong learning. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Objectives, Employment Potential, Lifelong Learning
