The Learning Society. Patterns of Participation in Adult Education and Training. Working Paper 5.

Autor/inn/en	Gorard, Stephen; Furlong, John; Rees, Gareth; Fevre, Ralph
Institution	Bristol Univ. (England).; Cardiff Univ. (Wales). School of Education.
Titel	The Learning Society. Patterns of Participation in Adult Education and Training. Working Paper 5.
Quelle	(1997), (45 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	1-872330-06-1
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Access to Education; Adult Education; Attendance Patterns; Developed Nations; Economics; Educational Opportunities; Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Job Training; Lifelong Learning; Outcomes of Education; Vocational Education; United Kingdom (Great Britain); United Kingdom (Wales) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Adult; Adults; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	This working paper is a product of a regional study in industrial South Wales of the determinants of participation and non-participation in post-compulsory education and training, with special reference to processes of change in the patterns of these determinants over time and to variations between geographical areas. It examines the notion of a learning society in Britain, suggesting that markedly different interpretations of the term are in common use among politicians, economists, policymakers, and educationalists. The paper outlines chief arguments currently being used to advocate the establishment of a learning society in Britain. These arguments have two strands--the claim that the standard of education and training in a country has a direct impact on its economy and that, therefore, expenditure on learning by the state and employers will be recouped, and the claim that there is a lack of justice in the distribution of education and its rewards in Britain today. Since this involves a brief description of the availability of education and training in Britain, the paper allows a preliminary consideration of the extent to which a learning society already exists or can be said to have existed in the past. It concludes that to some extent the "learning society" is used as a term of convenience. Appendixes include definitions and acronyms. Contains 103 references. (YLB)
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