The Future Is Theirs so Let Them Have Their Say

Autor/in	Blacke, Fiona
Titel	The Future Is Theirs so Let Them Have Their Say
Quelle	In: Adults Learning, 21 (2010) 10, S.14-15 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0955-2308
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Lifelong Learning; Young Adults; Youth Agencies; Reflection; Nonformal Education; Youth Opportunities; Futures (of Society); Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Non-formal education; Non formal education; Nichtformale Bildung; Future; Society; Zukunft; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	As Chief Executive of the National Youth Agency, the author was asked to give her perspective on the lifelong learning prospects for young people. She believes that one's capacity to be a learner and to learn, at whatever stage of life, is directly influenced by every other aspect of one's life, from one's attitudes to one's income. As a young adult of the 1970s, how could she ever hope to understand what it is like to be under 25 now? In this article, the author attempts to paint a picture of their world and the prospects it holds for them, before offering a few reflections. She concludes that we need to create structures and systems which support their participation and influence even if, in so doing, we diminish our own. We need to ensure they have the capacity and opportunity to shape their future prospects, for nothing is more certain: whilst we may shape the present, the future is theirs! (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Institute of Adult Continuing Education. Renaissance House, 20 Princess Road West, Leicester, LE1 6TP, UK. Tel: +44-1162-044200; Fax: +44-1162-044262; e-mail: enquiries@niace.org.uk; Web site: http://www.niace.org.uk/publications/adults-learning
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10