Lifelong learning : new vision, new implications, new roles for people, organizations, nations and communities in the 21st century

This publication on lifelong learning explains the background to the movement towards lifelong learning and describes its implications for: the workplace as a learning organisation; the university, the school and teacher training organisation; and the community, the nation and the individual. The chapters are: Introduction: into the learning century; Returning to learning: the dawn of understanding; Determining learning: what in the world is happening?; Learning learning?: schools - where lifelong learning begins; Learning for earning: learning for survival; Turning to learning: the growth of learning organizations; Yearning for learning: new visions for old, new teachers for old; Discerning learning: higher education and the incoming tide; Burning for learning: lifelong learning and the quality of life; Valediction: learning challenges for a learning age. Included as appendices are: (1) Lifelong learning: developing human potential; (2) The World Initiative on Lifelong Learning; (3) Odyssey of the Mind. Also included are references and further reading.