Philosophical Perspectives on Lifelong Learning (Lifelong Learning Book Series)

Foreword (D. P. Gilroy)......Page 2
Introduction (David N. Aspin)......Page 4
SECTION I: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS......Page 20
1. Lifelong Learning: Concepts and Conceptions (David N. Aspin and Judith D. Chapman)......Page 21
2. Lifelong Learning and the Politics of the Learning Society (Kenneth Wain)......Page 41
3. Lifelong Learning and Vocational Education and Training: Values, Social Capital, and Caring in Work-Based Learning Provision (Terry Hyland)......Page 59
4. From Adult Education to Lifelong Learning and Back Again (Richard G. Edwards)......Page 72
5. 'Framing' Lifelong Learning in the Twenty-First Century: Towards a Way of Thinking (Kevin J. Flint and David Needham)......Page 87
SECTION II: VALUES DIMENSION......Page 108
6. Lifelong Learning: Conceptual and Ethical Issues (Kenneth Lawson)......Page 109
7. Lifelong Learning: Beyond Neo-Liberal Imaginary (Fazal Rizvi)......Page 114
8. Widening Participation in Higher Education: Lifelong Learning as Capability (Melanie Walker)......Page 131
9. Lifelong Learning: Exploring Learning, Equity and Redress, and Access - An African Discourse on Lifelong Learning: A South African Case Study (Philip Higgs and Berte Van Wyk)......Page 148
10. Lifelong Learning and Democratic Citizenship Education in South America (Yusef Waghid)......Page 158
SECTION III: EPISTEMOLOGICAL QUESTIONS......Page 171
11. Lifelong Learning and Knowledge: Towards a General Theory of Professional Inquiry (Colin W. Evers)......Page 172
12. The Nature of Knowledge and Lifelong Learning (Jean Barr and Morwenna Griffiths)......Page 188
13. Reading Lifelong Learning Through a Postmodern Lens (Robin Usher)......Page 210
SECTION IV: LIFELONG LEARNING IN PRACTICE......Page 233
14. Good Practice in Lifelong Learning (Richard G. Bagnall)......Page 234
15. Philosophical Perspectives on Lifelong Learning: Insights from Education, Engineering, and Economics (Mal Leicester, Roger Twelvetrees, and Peter Bowbrick)......Page 255
16. Building a Learning Region: Whose Framework of Lifelong Learning Matters? (Shirley Walters)......Page 272
17. Changing Ideas and Beliefs in Lifelong Learning? (Jane Thompson)......Page 290
Motto......Page 306
Author Index......Page 307
Subject Index......Page 311