Conceptual evolution and policy developments in lifelong learning

This book is an outcome of the Shanghai International Forum on Lifelong Learning co-organised by UNESCO, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, the Chinese Society of Educational Development Strategy and the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO. The Forum took place in Shanghai during the World Expo 2010, from 19 to 21 May. The 24 papers collected here document the debates and discussions led by experts from across the world. The papers are grouped into five themes, recounting first how lifelong learning has evolved conceptually and then how policy has developed in its promotion. Subsequent sections examine its relationship with distance education, new learning media and higher education; its association with the learning cities movement; and its role in rural and industrial development. The General Rapporteur's Summary Report of the Forum provides the final section, giving an overview of the event.

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The papers are: Part one, 'Conceptual evolutions of lifelong learning': Discovering the treasure of learning / Roberto Carneiro; Evolution of and perspectives on lifelong learning / Adama Ouane; Lifelong learning: moving beyond Education for All (EFA) / Rosa Maria Torres; Revisiting the classics: the necessitated return of research on the teaching/learning relationship in modern China / Ye Lan; Part two, 'Policy developments in promoting lifelong learning': The development of an institutional framework of lifelong learning in China / Hao Keming; The development of lifelong learning policy in the United States of America / Brenda Dann-Messier; Better city, better life!: lifelong learning with Canadian characteristics / Roger Boshier; Policy developments towards lifelong learning in the European Union / Heribert Hinzen; Policy framework designed to build a learning society in Thailand / Kasama Varavarn; Lifelong learning and connected-up development: insights from South Africa / Shirley Walters; Improving coordination between formal education and non-formal education in the domain of lifelong learning in Benin / Abdel Rahamane Baba-Moussa; Promoting the quality of adult non-formal education and lifelong learning in Tanzania: policy, practice, challenges and prospects / Salum R. Mnjagila; A review of Mexico's lifelong learning model / Juan de Dios Castro; Sharing innovative practices in financing lifelong learning in the Philippines / Ma. Eloisa M. Ramirez; Using research to guide policy frameworks for building a learning society in the United States of America / Judith Alamprese; Part three, 'Distance education, new learning media and higher education in lifelong learning': Distance education: ends, means, opportunities and threats / John Daniel; The new paradigm of lifelong learning and the construction of a new learning media market: informal and non-standard learning platform for all / Kang Ning; Reflections on the value of higher education in lifelong learning / Han Yanming; Part four. 'Learning cities and lifelong learning': Introduction to building a learning city / Han SoongHee; Constructing a learning society for 'better city, better life': Shanghai's experience / Li Junxiu; Development of lifelong learning and promotion of the construction of a learning city in Changzhou / Ju Liqin; Part five, 'Rural and industrial development and lifelong learning': Lifelong education of farmers in the context of coordinated urban-rural development in China / Hong Fuzeng; Lifelong learning and industry development: the practice of the machinery industry / Tu Zhonghua; Part six, 'Summary of the General Rapporteur of the Forum': Summary report of Shanghai International Forum on Lifelong Learning / Manzoor Ahmed. Show less