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Direct linkLyndsey El Amoud; Annalisa L. Raymer; Renee Tan – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2025
This chapter examines three distinct approaches to lifelong learning to illustrate workforce and societal development efforts in Europe, Singapore, and the United States. The case studies bring to the fore various complex issues, including, in the case of Europe, ensuring more equitable access to workforce development initiatives for all.…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Lifelong Learning, Economic Development
Slade, Bonnie L. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2015
Drawing on practice-based learning theory, this chapter examines issues pertaining to the deskilling of immigrant professionals in Canada. It argues that adult educators need to have an awareness of transnational migration dynamics and work in meaningful ways to keep immigrant professionals connected to professional knowledge practices.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Adult Educators, Adult Education
