Philosophical Perspectives on Lifelong Learning

Acknowledgements. Preface. Foreword.-Introduction: the Concept of Lifelong Learning.- Section One: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS: 1. Lifelong Learning: Concept and Conceptions. 2. Lifelong Learning and the Politics of the Learning Society. 3. Lifelong Learning and Vocational Education and Training: Values, Social Capital and Caring in Work-Based Learning Provision. 4. From Adult Education to Lifelong Learning and Back Again. 5. A Question Concerning Lifelong Learning.- Section Two: VALUES DIMENSION: 6. Ethical Issues in Lifelong Learning. 7. Globalization and the Constructions of Lifelong Learning. 8. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning. 9. Lifelong Learning: Exploring Learning, Equity and Redress, and Access. 10. Lifelong Learning and Democratic Citizenship Education in South Africa.- Section Three: EPISTEMOLOGICAL QUESTIONS: 11. The Nature of Knowledge and Inquiry. 12. The Nature of Knowledge and Lifelong Learning. 13. Reading Lifelong Learning through a Post-modern Lens.- Section Four: LIFELONG LEARNING IN PRACTICE: 14. Good Practice in Lifelong Learning. 15. Philosophical Perspectives on Lifelong Learning: Insights from Education, Engineering and Economics. 16. Lifelong Learning and Learning Regions. 17. Changing Ideas and Beliefs in Lifelong Learning?.- Index.