Philosophical Perspectives on Lifelong Learning [Paperback]

This book provides an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly source of information about the international concern for the philosophy, theory, categories and concepts of lifelong learning. Written in a straightforward understandable manner, the book examines in depth the range of philosophical perspectives in the field of lifelong learning theory, policy, practice and applied scholarship.

The aim of this book is provide an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly source of information about the international concern for the philosophy, theory, categories and concepts of lifelong learning. The books is concerned to examine in depth the range of philosophical perspectives in the field of lifelong learning theory, policy, practice and applied scholarship, extending the scale and scope of the substantive contribution made by philosophical and theoretical approaches to our understanding of education. The book seeks to make an informed contribution to shaping, expanding and deepening peoples understanding the direction of future developments in educational institutions of all kinds preparing for, providing and delivering lifelong learning in all kinds of formal informal and alternative education institutions, agencies and organizations, and their various approaches, policies, practices and processes in the twenty-first century.

Acknowledgements. Preface. Foreword.-Introduction: the Concept of Lifelong Learning.- Section One: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS: 1. Lifelong Learning: Concept and Conceptions. 2. Lifelong Learning and the Politics of the Learning Society. 3. Lifelong Learning and Vocational Education and Training: Values, Social Capital and Caring in Work-Based Learning Provision. 4. From Adult Education to Lifelong Learning and Back Again. 5. A Question Concerning Lifelong Learning.- Section Two: VALUES DIMENSION: 6. Ethical Issues in Lifelong Learning. 7. Globalization and the Constructions of Lifelong Learning. 8. Widening Parl&