Adult learning needs and the demand for lifelong learning
A 1977 conference in the USA was concerned with predicting educational demand for lifelong learning. As a response to this demand lifelong education was understood as a form of social action involving systematic adult learning - Important issues are the achievement of equal education and the meeting of unfulfilled educational needs, especially among underprivileged groups. These goals could be met by focusing on educational institutions or on individual needs. Major questions of educational policy include the role of compulsory education, the language of instruction, or the possibility of positive discrimination. As regards educational research it should investigate social factors such as the effects of social class, ethnic group membership or regional inequalities, as well as individual factors such as age, sex or previous education. The conference thus saw lifelong education as a means for achieving social ends, not as an end in itself.
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| Format: | book biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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National Institute of Education
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| Subjects: | Adult learning, Compulsory education, Educational demand, Educational institutions, Educational needs, Educational research, Lifelong learning, Social factors, Social programmes, Universal education, |
| Online Access: | https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000166141 |
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