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Lifelong Learning, Participation and Equity

  • Provides the reader with a range of cross-national conceptual, analytical and empirical studies of lifelong learning, participation and equity
  • Clarifies conceptual, policy and practical issues relevant to the relationship between lifelong learning, participation and equity
  • Examines the role of government and other agencies in the community in enhancing the provision of learning and in fostering participation and equity
  • Examines the most effective ways in which learning opportunities can be provided for all people, particularly for those people in regional, rural or disadvantaged communities who have not experienced success in mainstream education

Part of the book series: Lifelong Learning Book Series (LLLB, volume 5)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXVI
  2. Ethical Issues in Lifelong Learning and Education

    • Richard G. Bagnall
    Pages 25-45
  3. Older Learners and Engagement with the Labour Market

    • Tom Karmel, Davinia Woods
    Pages 139-150
  4. Overcoming Barriers that Impede Participation in Lifelong Learning

    • Judith Chapman, Jacqueline McGilp, Patricia Cartwright, Marian de Souza, Ron Toomey
    Pages 151-174
  5. Schools And Lifelong Learners

    • Jennifer Bryce
    Pages 243-263
  6. Lifelong Learning: Helping Address Disadvantage Through Community-Based Learning Projects

    • Carolyn Broadbent, Jill Burgess, Maureen Boyle
    Pages 265-286
  7. Lifelong Learning, Family Learning and Equity

    • Mal Leicester
    Pages 303-315
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 337-364

About this book

In many countries, schools, universities and other traditional learning institutions are not providing for the educational needs of all members of the community. In many communities, particularly in regional, rural and disadvantaged areas, there are only limited options for people to undertake learning. Limited participation in learning has the danger of reinforcing people’s alienation from mainstream education and from participation and inclusion in social institutions and economic and community life more generally. This book addresses the challenge of identifying effective ways of accommodating the learning needs of all people and in so doing achieving the goals of lifelong learning for all.

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“The themes of this book are illuminated through in-depth analyses of issues inherent in conceptualizing lifelong learning for all, the provision and complexity of lifelong learning to the disadvantaged, and the need for further research. Researchers, scholars, and practitioners in adult education, human resources, and training and development with an interest in lifelong learning for all will benefit from this instructive book.” (Atlanta Sloane-Seale, Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, Vol. 34 (2), 2008)

Editors and Affiliations

  • ACU National, Fitzroy, Australia

    Judith Chapman

  • ACU National, Ballarat, Australia

    Patricia Cartwright

  • Wendouree, Australia

    E. Jacqueline Mcgilp

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Lifelong Learning, Participation and Equity

  • Editors: Judith Chapman, Patricia Cartwright, E. Jacqueline Mcgilp

  • Series Title: Lifelong Learning Book Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5322-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5321-4Published: 09 November 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7339-6Published: 30 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5322-1Published: 23 May 2007

  • Series ISSN: 1871-322X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-5325

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 366

  • Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, Sociology of Education

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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