Policies, Politics and the Future of Lifelong Learning

Where has the idea of lifelong learning come from, what does it signify and why has it become such an important aspect of international and national policy discourse? At the beginning of a new millennium, it is perhaps time to take stock and to look back at how the concept of lifelong learning devel…

Lifelong learning implies the distribution of learning opportunities throughout the lifetime; the learning society implies that these opportunities should be available to all and occur in all areas of society, from the school and college, to the home, the community and the workplace. These notions h…