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Lifelong Learning Participation in a Changing Policy Context [electronic resource] : An Interdisciplinary Theory / by Ellen Boeren.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016Description: X, 205 p. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781137441836
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 306.43 23
LOC classification:
  • LC189-214.53
Online resources: In: Springer eBooksSummary: Drawing on the role of individuals, education and training providers and countries' social policy actions, and borrowing insights from psychology, sociology and economics, this book works towards an interdisciplinary theory of adult lifelong learning participation. It explores the fragmented evidence of why adults do or do not participate in adult lifelong learning activities and focuses on the relevance of policy, the social character and expected benefits of lifelong learning participation and discusses the potential implications for policy, practice and research.
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Drawing on the role of individuals, education and training providers and countries' social policy actions, and borrowing insights from psychology, sociology and economics, this book works towards an interdisciplinary theory of adult lifelong learning participation. It explores the fragmented evidence of why adults do or do not participate in adult lifelong learning activities and focuses on the relevance of policy, the social character and expected benefits of lifelong learning participation and discusses the potential implications for policy, practice and research.

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