Conceptual Evolution and Policy Developments in Lifelong Learning

This book is an outcome of the Shanghai International Forum on Lifelong Learning co-organised by UNESCO, the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, the Chinese Society of Educational Development Strategy and the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO. The Forum took place in Shanghai during the World Expo 2010, from 19 to 21 May.
The 24 papers collected here document the debates and discussions led by experts from across the world. The papers are grouped into five themes, recounting first how lifelong learning has evolved conceptually and then how policy has developed in its promotion. Subsequent sections examine its relationship with distance education, new learning media and higher education; its association with the learning cities movement; and its role in rural and industrial development. The General Rapporteur’s Summary Report of the Forum provides the final section, giving an overview of the event.
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning and its Chinese partners hope that this publication will contribute meaningfully to international endeavours in making lifelong learning a reality for all.
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Contents
I. Conceptual evolutions of lifelong learning
1. Discovering the treasure of learning, Roberto Carneiro
2. Evolution of and perspectives on lifelong learning, Adama Ouane
3. Lifelong learning: moving beyond Education for All (EFA), Rosa María Torres
4. Revisiting the classics: the necessitated return of research on the teaching/learning relationship in modern China, Ye Lan
II. Policy developments in promoting lifelong learning
5. The development of an institutional framework of lifelong learning in China, Hao Keming
6. The development of lifelong learning policy in the United States of America, Brenda Dann-Messier
7. Better city, better life! Lifelong learning with Canadian characteristics, Roger Boshier
8. Policy developments towards lifelong learning in the European Union, Heribert Hinzen
9. Policy fraework designed to build a learning society in Thailand, Kasama Varavarn
10. Lifelong learning and connected-up development: insights from South Africa, Shirley Walters
11.Improving coordination between formal education and non-formal education in the domain of lifelong learning in Benin, Abdel Rahamane Baba-Moussa
12. Promoting the quality of adult non-formal education and lifelong learning in Tanzania: policy, practice, challenges and prospects, Salum R. Mnjagila
13.A review of Mexico’s lifelong learning model, Juan de Dios Castro
14. Sharing innovative practices in financing lifelong learning in the Philippines, Eloisa M. Ramirez
15. Using research to guide policy frameworks for building a learning society in the United States of America, Judith Alamprese
III. Distance education, new learning media and higher education in lifelong learning
16. Distance education: ends, means, opportunities and threats, John Daniel
17. The new paradigm of lifelong learning and the construction of a new learning media market – informal and non-standard learning platform for all, Kang Ning
18. Reflections on the value of higher education in lifelong learning, Han Yanming
IV. Learning cities and lifelong learning
19. Introduction to building a learning city, Han Soong Hee
20. Constructing a learning society for ‘better city, better life’: Shanghai’s experience, Li Junxiu
21. Development of lifelong learning and promotion of the construction of a learning city in Changzhou, Ju Liqin
V. Rural and industrial development and lifelong learning
22. Lifelong education of farmers in the context of coordinated urban-rural development in China, Hong Fuzeng
23. Lifelong learning and industry development – the practice of the machinery industry, Tu Zhonghua
VI. Summary of the General Rapporteur of the Forum
24.Summary report of Shanghai International Forum on Lifelong Learning, Manzoor Ahmed