Understanding the evolving context for lifelong education
Global trends, 1950 – 2020
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11423995 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Scott Mclean (0000-0002-6573-7615, University of Calgary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-26 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Lifelong Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0260-1370 • E-ISSN: 1464-519X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02601370.2021.2015634 |
| OpenAlex | W4200618941 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 13 |
Lifelong education is comprised of four broad categories of activity: early childhood education, primary and secondary schooling, tertiary studies, and adult education. Patterns of people’s engagement with each category of lifelong education differ substantially between countries and are influenced by widely varying public policies and institutional settings. While recognising the tremendous diversity of lifelong education around the world, this article describes a dramatic global expansion of formal schooling in recent decades, links that expansion to demographic, social, and economic changes, and highlights persistent inequalities between and within countries. The goal of this article is to provide a context for understanding the evolution of lifelong education by carefully documenting the history of key global trends over the past seventy years. Data are national-level quantitative indicators, compiled by United Nations organisations such as the World Bank, UNESCO, and the ILO, and organised to enable the comparison of trends between major world regions. The analysis and presentation of this data focus on enabling scholars and practitioners of lifelong education to understand how their field has evolved in concert with global patterns of social change. The article’s conclusions challenge such scholars and practitioners to contest the reproduction of inequality through education
CONTEST · Context (archaeology · Diversity (politics · Economic growth · Geography · Higher education · Lifelong learning · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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Globalization, Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society
The Next Generation of the Penn World Table
The Knowledge Economy and Lifelong Learning
Adult education programmes of NGOs operating in Non-Western contexts
Human capital in the long run
The stepping- stones of lifelong learning policies
Lifelong learning through the SkillsFuture movement in Singapore
Civic education in Lesotho
Nexus between massification of tertiary education and community college students’ learning experiences in Hong Kong
Functional and Conflict Theories of Educational Stratification
World Society and the Nation-State
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |