Lifelong Learning: An Overview.

Autor/in	MacLean, Janet R.
Titel	Lifelong Learning: An Overview.
Quelle	(1981), (16 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Stellungnahme; Adult Education; Aging (Individuals); Continuing Education; Educational Objectives; Educational Planning; Employment; Experiential Learning; Family Life; Futures (of Society); Leisure Time; Lifelong Learning; Nonformal Education; Relevance (Education); Working Hours + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Aging; Altern; Weiterbildung; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Bildungsplanung; Dienstverhältnis; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Future; Society; Zukunft; Freizeit; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Non-formal education; Non formal education; Nichtformale Bildung; Relevance; Relevanz; Hours of work; Arbeitszeit
Abstract	Lifelong learning encompasses those experiences in any setting, nurtured by any motivation, which improve capabilities for developing one's personality and for integrating one's lifestyle with the human, natural, and social environments in which one chooses to live. Some predicted changes will challenge those interested in lifelong learning. The population will be composed of increased numbers of older adults, blacks, handicapped with greater mobility, and females; the family will lose traditional responsibilities to other institutions and be more affected by higher divorce and remarriage rates; the concepts of work, time, and leisure and amount and type of work and leisure time will alter; and there will be less mobility. Taking these predictions into account, the target population of lifelong learning must be viewed as consisting of young adults, middle-aged housewives, and retirees. To serve learners' purposes, teachers need not be professional educators. The content of educational experience should not be simply an extension of formal schooling, and the location need not always be an institution. Opportunities for learning must not be limited by temporal frames. A better, broader spectrum for lifelong learning can be achieved by fostering a more positive attitude, developing skills and appreciations early in life, being participating members of the community, being a friend of technology, and becoming involved in cooperating and coordinating efforts. (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01