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Few nations have implemented a lifelong learning policy framework in the comprehensive form expressed by the OECD in 1996, though many OECD member countries have pursued education and training reforms, at times driven by agendas quite at odds with its policy values. Nevertheless, the lifelong learning ideal retains significant symbolic power, even when it is subject to the policy realities played out in contemporary education and training.
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This definition was accessed at skillsecosystems.net in October 2005, a site since discontinued. The concept is subsequently advanced in the National Industry Skills report (DEST 2006).
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McIntyre, J. (2012). Lifelong Learning as a Policy Process: A Case Study from Australia. In: Aspin, D., Chapman, J., Evans, K., Bagnall, R. (eds) Second International Handbook of Lifelong Learning. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2360-3_45
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