Concern with learning throughout life has become pervasive in market-driven societies. Will most workers need to become more continuous learners in a new knowle

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This volume offers a comprehensive international response to the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)’s inquiry into the future of lifelon

Concern with learning throughout life has become pervasive in market-driven societies. Will most workers need to become more continuous learners in a new knowle

Economic globalization, modern transportation, and advanced communication technologies have greatly enhanced the mobility of people across national boundaries.

As Norman Longworth shows in this book, lifelong learning has now become a rapidly developing reality. Learning communities, where business and industry, school

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Peter Jarvis is a towering figure in adult and lifelong education and a leading and original theorist of learning. This book explores the breadth and significan

We are all going to become old. Many countries are ageing demographically with ageing workforces. Despite anti-discrimination and equality laws, older workers a