The Learning Society as Itself: Lifelong Learning, Individualization of Learning, and beyond Education

Autor/in	Su, Ya-Hui
Titel	The Learning Society as Itself: Lifelong Learning, Individualization of Learning, and beyond Education
Quelle	In: Studies in Continuing Education, 29 (2007) 2, S.195-206 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0158-037X
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Lifelong Learning; Active Learning; Synthesis; Holistic Evaluation; Postmodernism; Learning Theories; Discourse Communities; Learning Processes; Inquiry; Epistemology; Research Methodology; Developmental Continuity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Aktives Lernen; Holistische Methode; Postmoderne; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Learning process; Lernprozess; Erkenntnistheorie; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Entwicklungsprozess
Abstract	This paper considers the bottom-up vision of the learning society. Unlike the top-down approach, the bottom-up approach does not start by specifying the purposes of learning which should direct the development of the learning society, but from observing interactions among learning individuals as agents. While in the relevant literature and policies much attention has been devoted to certain positions on how one's learning should respond to current change, this paper proposes that when considering the establishment and development of the learning society we should not dismiss the understanding of how individuals, concrete beings, act as they learn, since how they do so has an impact on the way in which learning is structured. This bottom-up approach has to be taken into account, for it helps us to come near to what is embedded in learning practices, and to react pertinently when we need to come to terms with substantive issues for the development of the learning society. Three aspects--lifelong learning, the individualization of learning, and learning beyond education--serve as the context for understanding what characterize the practices of the learning society. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10