Creating a Learning Society?: Learning Careers and Policies for Lifelong Learning

Stephen Gorard; Gareth Rees

doi:10.46692/9781847425461

Lifelong learning is a key government strategy - both in the UK and internationally - to promote economic growth and combat social exclusion. This book presents a highly innovative study of participation in lifelong learning and the problems which need to be overcome if lifelong learning policies are to be successful.

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of tables and figures
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Acknowledgements
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Preface
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one - Contemporary policies for a learning society
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two - Lifelong learning trajectories
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three - History, place and the learning society: the case of South Wales
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four - Patterns of individual participation in adult learning
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five - Families and the formation of learner identities
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six - Lifelong learning trajectories and the two dimensions of change over time
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seven - The role of informal learning
pp 105-120
- By Ralph Fevre
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eight - The learning society and the economic imperative
pp 121-134
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nine - The impact of policies to widen participation
pp 135-144
- By Neil Selwyn
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ten - The prospects for a learning society
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References
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Appendix: The research sites
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iii

List of tables and figures
pp iv-v

Acknowledgements
pp vi-vi

Preface
pp vii-x

one - Contemporary policies for a learning society
pp 1-14

two - Lifelong learning trajectories
pp 15-30

three - History, place and the learning society: the case of South Wales
pp 31-42

four - Patterns of individual participation in adult learning
pp 43-64

five - Families and the formation of learner identities
pp 65-86

six - Lifelong learning trajectories and the two dimensions of change over time
pp 87-104

seven - The role of informal learning
pp 105-120

eight - The learning society and the economic imperative
pp 121-134

nine - The impact of policies to widen participation
pp 135-144

ten - The prospects for a learning society
pp 145-156

References
pp 157-178

Appendix: The research sites
pp 179-184

Index
pp 185-192

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