Adult Education in Sweden and the United States. Working Life in Sweden No. 38.

Autor/in	Abrahamsson, Kenneth
Institution	Swedish Information Service.
Titel	Adult Education in Sweden and the United States. Working Life in Sweden No. 38.
Quelle	(1990), (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Adult Vocational Education; Continuing Education; Corporate Education; Developed Nations; Educational Philosophy; Educational Policy; Foreign Countries; Inservice Education; Labor Force Development; Lifelong Learning; On the Job Training; Public Policy; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Weiterbildung; Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Ausland; Berufsbegleitende Ausbildung; Arbeitskräftebestand; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Training-on-the-Job; Öffentliche Ordnung; Schweden
Abstract	All young persons in Sweden have to complete 9 years of basic compulsory schooling. More than 95 percent opt for an additional 2 or 3 years of upper secondary school, after which they have free access to further education. The system of adult education is designed to bridge the gaps between generations and to provide opportunities for recurrent, lifelong education. The traditionally strong position of adult education is partly tied to the large number of providers. Formal adult education comprises basic education operated by authorities through government grants and municipal adult education. Popular adult educational activities are studies at folk high schools or under the aegis of adult educational associations. Labor market training takes the form of specially organized vocational training or uses the regular educational system. Personnel education and inservice training are educational activities aimed at employees and organized on the employers' terms and at their expense in companies and national or local authorities. The government has tried to establish the necessary preconditions for adult educational activities, including adult education in all municipalities, educational financing, educational leave, studies as part of the renewal of working life, and adult education as an expression of general welfare policy. (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC