John Field & Mal Leicester 
Lifelong Learning 
Education Across the Lifespan

»Lifelong Learning» is a hot issue for educators across the world, as societies everywhere are concerned with developing a literate, skilled and flexible workforce and to widen participation in education at all levels and for all age-groups. This book covers all the major issues, with well-known academic contributors working in the field and covering the topics of theoretical, global and curriculum perspectives, widening participation and the industrial university.

Topics covered include:

* Community education

* Popular education

* Higher education

* The corporate university

* The school curriculum

* Vocational studies.

With contributors from China, Africa, USA, Canada, UK and other European countries,
Lifelong Learning offers a comprehensive and challenging account of issues arising from varying lifelong learning decisions, and exposes the impact these decisions have on such a large majority of the population.