Beyond the learning society
The learning world
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11425337 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julia Preece (0000-0002-3209-5935, University of Glasgow, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 307-320 |
| Publication date | 2006-05-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/02601370600697227 |
| OpenAlex | W1970208060 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 12 |
In today’s post‐modern world of difference, and amidst globalising forces of insidious convergence, this paper explores how far the concepts of lifelong learning and learning society embrace international worldviews. It conducts a brief excursion into literature that has explored learning society models. It also looks at an increasing number of voices from across the developing world, especially Africa, where a more globally aware and context sensitive agenda for lifelong learning is advocated. Definitions of lifelong learning and related policy papers from Scotland, England and Finland in response to the European Memorandum for Lifelong Learning are compared with definitions of lifelong learning and related policy documents from South Africa, Namibia and Botswana in relation to the Southern African Development Community’s equivalence to the EU document. To broaden the picture, reference to recent historical analyses of polices in Singapore, New Zealand, Australia and Hong Kong will also be made. The core questions, drawn from a broadly critical theory perspective, ask: what kind of learning societies are being envisaged as a result of national and international policy statements? What are the implications for global understanding, tolerance of difference and education for all? How global is our vision
Context (archaeology · Geography · Lifelong learning · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Education Systems and Policy · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms
Social inclusion and active citizenship under the prism of neoliberalism
Africa and international policy making for lifelong learning
Context matters’
Challenging lifelong learning policy discourse
Research in adult education and lifelong learning in the era of Confintea VI
Confucian educational philosophy and its implication for lifelong learning and lifelong education
Going for gold in 2010
Towards a postcolonial politics of appearance
Globalisation in Africa
Expanding the frontiers of national qualifications frameworks through lifelong learning
Learning to Be
Music and Social Movements
Learning
Lifelong learning and welfare reform
Social capital, human capital and the learning society
Lifelong learning policies and discourses
Lifelong learning policies in France
Lifelong learning in South Africa
Policy on lifelong learning in Australia
Lifelong learning in Singapore
Learning to be active citizens
| Citations per year | 0.53 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2019 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |