The EU "Memorandum on Lifelong Learning". Old Wine in New Bottles?

Autor/inn/en	Borg, Carmel; Mayo, Peter
Titel	The EU "Memorandum on Lifelong Learning". Old Wine in New Bottles?
Quelle	In: Globalisation, Societies and Education, 3 (2005) 2, S.203-225 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-7724
Schlagwörter	Lifelong Learning; Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Educational History; Policy Analysis; Global Approach; Best Practices; Social Systems; Free Enterprise System; Politics of Education; Educational Principles; Educational Philosophy; Discourse Analysis; Economics; Political Attitudes; Labor Force Development; Basic Skills; Program Descriptions + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Politikfeldanalyse; Globales Denken; Social system; Soziales System; Freie Wirtschaft; Educational policy; Bildungsprinzip; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Diskursanalyse; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Arbeitskräftebestand; Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit
Abstract	This paper provides a critical analysis of the EU's "Memorandum on lifelong learning" in light of the evolution of the concepts of lifelong education and lifelong learning from the late sixties onward. It also analyses this document in light of the forces of globalisation that impinge on educational policy-making in Europe as well as the all-pervasive neo-liberal ideology. The paper moves from theory to practice to provide critical considerations concerning certain "on the ground" projects being presented as "best practice" in EU documents. It brings out the neo-liberal tenets that underlie much of the thinking and rationale for these projects, and indicates, in the process, how much of the old UNESCO discourse of lifelong education has been distorted to accommodate capitalism's contemporary needs. An alternative conception of lifelong learning is called for. (Contains 13 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10