Lifelong learning: the foundation of future work

Jobs Queensland's Future work, future jobs research has identified lifelong learning as a vital workforce response to Queensland's rapidly changing economy. There are immense benefits to be gained from striving for a community that views learning as an essential part of peoples' working lives and which has workplace cultures which value and encourage continual learning. This report describes a model for enabling and encouraging individuals to adopt a lifelong learning mindset and a rationale for industries and businesses to foster a learning culture in their workplace. It also examines...  [+] Show more

Jobs Queensland's Future work, future jobs research has identified lifelong learning as a vital workforce response to Queensland's rapidly changing economy. There are immense benefits to be gained from striving for a community that views learning as an essential part of peoples' working lives and which has workplace cultures which value and encourage continual learning.

This report describes a model for enabling and encouraging individuals to adopt a lifelong learning mindset and a rationale for industries and businesses to foster a learning culture in their workplace. It also examines how other countries and parts of the world are successfully building lifelong learning cultures.

Edited summary from publisher's website.