Philosophical perspectives on lifelong learning
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Philosophical perspectives on lifelong learning
(Lifelong learning book series, v. 11)
Springer, c2007
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
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 Participation and Lifelong Learning. 9. Lifelong Learning: Exploring Learning, Equity and Redress, and Access. 10. Lifelong Learning and Democratic Citizenship Education in South Africa.- Section Three: EPISTEMOLOGICAL QUESTIONS: 11. The Nature of Knowledge and Inquiry. 12. The Nature of Knowledge and Lifelong Learning. 13. Reading Lifelong Learning through a Post-modern Lens.- Section Four: LIFELONG LEARNING IN PRACTICE: 14. Good Practice in Lifelong Learning. 15. Philosophical Perspectives on Lifelong Learning: Insights from Education, Engineering and Economics. 16. Lifelong Learning and Learning Regions. 17. Changing Ideas and Beliefs in Lifelong Learning?.- Index.
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