Learning Across the Lifespan

Theories, Research, Policies

By: Albert C. Tuijnman (Editor), M. Van Der Kamp (Editor)

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Hardcover | 30 October 1992

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There is a widespread consensus that adult education and continuing vocational training are central elements in a strategy aimed at achieving economic growth. However, the stakes are not only economic. Adult education has also become a structural determinant of employment opportunities, earnings and quality of life. Adults who lack the motivation, opportunity or information needed to participate in a lifelong learning society will become increasingly disadvantaged. Educational systems must prepare people for a life of active learning.

This volume argues that the principles of lifelong learning must be at the heart of a new approach to skills development. Lifelong learning is advocated not as a theoretical and utopian idea, but as the inevitable reality in affluent, technologically advanced, politically and culturally pluralistic societies.

Each chapter addresses one of several questions important for the future of lifelong education. In particular they concern theory and research on the five themes: lifespan development and education; intelligence; transfer and capacity to learn; informal learning in the work place; learning to learn; and the implications for policy.

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...I value the book as interesting and worthwhile reading. It should be recommended to East European countries' readers too, especially educational administrators, adult educators and their students.
International Review of Education
...valuable insights and some useful summaries of current thinking about learning across the lifespan.
International Journal of Lifelong Education

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Foreword
Editors'
Preface
Lifespan Development and Education. Learning for life: new ideas, new significance
Age, gender and learning in the lifespan
Lifespan learning: developmental tasks and their management
Ageing and learning: an agenda for the future
Capacity to Learn in the Lifespan
Fluid abilities and epistemic thinking: some prescriptions for adult education
Fostering the acquisition and transfer of intellectual skills
Practical intelligence
Skills Formation in the Work Place
Informal learning on the job
Skills needed in the work place
Learning to Learn in the Lifespan
Theories and principles of learning to learn
Implementing the learning to learn concept
Implications for Policy and Practice
Effective adult learning
Paradigm shifts in adult education
Public intervention in adult education
Learning for life: policy conclusions
Notes on contributors
Index
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