UID:
edocfu_9960821647802883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 182 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-4473-0770-4
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1-282-25977-6
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9786613815033
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1-4473-0014-9
Content:
This timely book contributes to the development of knowledge and understanding of lifelong learning in an expanded Europe. Its wide range of contributors look at the contribution of lifelong learning to economic growth and social cohesion across Europe, focusing its challenge to social exclusion.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Sep 2022).
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Lifelong Learning in Europe; Contents; List of figures, tables and case studies; Figures; Tables; Case studies; Notes on contributors; List of contributors, by country, to the EU Sixth Framework Project 'Towards a Lifelong Learning Society in Europe: The Contribution of the Education System' (LLL2010); 1. Lifelong learning and the generation of human and social capital; Introduction; Globalisation, neoliberalism and the knowledge economy; Lifelong learning and the building of human and social capital; Lifelong learning, social inclusion and equality; The LLL2010 research project
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The structure of the book2. Lifelong learning and the wider European socioeconomic context; Introduction; The trend towards growing inequality; Factors underpinning the growth in inequality; Reasons for the growth in inequality; Contrasting approaches to lifelong learning and social welfare; Methods used in developing an extended typology of lifelong learning and welfare systems; Analysis of the data: similarities and differences between European countries; Typologies of lifelong learning and welfare regimes developed in this study; Difficulties encountered in developing national typologies
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Conclusion3. Neoliberal and inclusive themes in European lifelong learning policy; Introduction; Areas of debate; Education and lifelong learning in the EU; The Lisbon Strategy; Lisbon in crisis; Indicators and politics; Lifelong learning in 'Europe 2020'; Conclusion: Europe's educational policy and the contours of its educational space; 4. Formal adult education in the spotlight: profiles, motivations and experiences of participants in 12 European countries; Introduction; Theoretical framework; Methodology; Reasons for participation in formal education
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Characteristics of the institutions and the coursesLearner satisfaction; Conclusion; 5. The sociodemographic obstacles to participating in lifelong learning across Europe; Introduction; Conceptual framework; Data sources; Participation in lifelong learning and labour market status; Obstacles to participating in lifelong learning: country patterns; Conclusion; 6. The qualification-providing enterprise? Support for formal adult education in small and medium-sized enterprises; Introduction; No quantité négligeable - statistical accounts of formal adult education in enterprises
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Theories of support for formal adult educationCase study methods; Approaches to support for participation in formal adult education; Training cultures in enterprises; Assessing the interdependence of support patterns for formal adult education and training cultures; Outlook: towards a comparative framework; 7. Reducing or reinforcing inequality: assessing the impact of European policy on widening access to higher education; Introduction; The development of European policy on higher education and widening access; Data drawn upon in this chapter
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Cross-country interpretations of under-representation in higher education
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4473-0013-0
Language:
English
DOI:
10.51952/9781447300144
