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- 'Why's the beer always stronger up North?': studies of lifelong learning in Europe
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This publication is part of the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC's) Learning Society Programme which undertook research into the learning society and the ways in which it can contribute to the development of knowledge and skills for employment and in other areas of adult life. The report presents models of the learning society, lifelong learning and the learning organisation through cross-national and 'home international' comparisons. The limitations and benefits of comparative research are also explored. The articles are: Introduction: lifelong learning as a new form of social control? / Frank Coffield; Lifelong learning: learning for life? Some cross-national observations / Walter Heinz; Models of guidance services in the learning society: the case of the Netherlands / Teresa Rees and Will Bartlett; The comparative dimension in continuous vocational training: a preliminary framework / Isabelle Darmon, Carlos Frade and Kari Hadjivassiliou; Inclusion and exclusion: credits and unites capitalisables compared / Pat Davies; Using 'social capital' to compare performance in continuing education / Tom Schuller and Andrew Burns; Issues in a 'home international' comparison of policy strategies: the experience of the Unified Learning Project / David Raffe, Cathy Howieson, Ken Spours and Michael Young; Planning, implementation and practical issues in cross-national comparative research / Antje Cockrill, Peter Scott and John Fitz.
This publication is part of the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC's) Learning Society Programme which undertook ... Show Full Abstract
Authors: Coffield, Frank
Corporate authors: Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC)
Date: 1999
Geographic subjects: Europe; Netherlands; Spain;
Resource type: Book
Series name: ESRC learning society series
Subjects: Lifelong learning; Vocational education and training; Research;
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- Introduction: lifelong learning as a new form of social control?
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This article reports on research carried out under the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC's) Learning Society Programme. The program comprised 14 projects involving research into the learning society and the ways in which it can contribute to the development of knowledge and skills for employment and in other areas of adult life. This introductory article provides an overview of a series of comparative studies which explore notions of lifelong learning, learning organisation and learning society in Europe and, in some cases, reflect on the use of comparative research in the social sciences. The introduction then focuses on five major themes recurrent throughout the studies: the political context within which comparative research is conducted in the United Kingdom (UK); the limitations and advantages of using such research; the significance of language in cross-national work; different models of the learning society; and a view of lifelong learning as a new form of social control.
This article reports on research carried out under the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC's) Learning Society ... Show Full Abstract
Authors: Coffield, Frank
Date: 1999
Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain
Resource type: Article
Series name: ESRC learning society series
Subjects: Lifelong learning; Governance; Research;
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