Global perspectives on adult education and learning policy /
Most observers regard both adult and higher education as key for citizenship and democracy yet the worldwide contexts, appearance and expression of adult education and lifelong learning have changed significantly during the past twenty years. Focusing on ten countries (Scotland, Czech Republic, USA,...
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2015.
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| Series: | Palgrave studies in global citizenship, education and democracy.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Global Outlook on Adult Education and Learning Policies / Marcella Milana
- 2. Policies for Adult Learning in Scotland / John Field ; 3. Adult Education and Learning Policy in the Czech Republic / Martin Kopecky and Michal Serak ; 4. Adult and Continuing Education Policy in the USA / Marcella Milana and Lesley McBain ; 5. Adult Education and Cultural Diversity in Brazil: National Policies and Contributions of Higher Education / Ana Ivenicki ; 6. Analysis of Policies in Education of Young People and Adults (YAE) in Mexico / Raúl Valdez-Cotera
- 7. The State of Adult Education in Botswana in the Twenty-First Century / Idowu Biao and Tonic Maruatona ; 8. Changing Trends in Adult Education in Ghana: Issues of Policies, Ideology and Learning / Michael Ayitey Tagoe ; 9. Adult Education in Palestine after the Oslo Accords and Operation Protective Edge/ Keith P Hammond ; 10. Towards a Learning Society: An Analysis of Adult Education Policies and Systems in South Korea; In Tak Kwon ; 11. Learning the World? Changing Dimensions of Adult Education and Lifelong Learning in India / Sayantan Mandal
- 12. Lifelong Learning for All Adults? A New Concept for the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultuaral Limits and Opportunities for a Changing Inter-interGovernmental Organisation / Balazs Nemeth ; 13. Framing the Adult Learning and Education Policy Discourse: The Role of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and development / Kjell Rubenson ; 14. Adult Education at the World Bank: Poor Cousin or Key Stakeholder / Peter Easton and Malaika Samples ; 15. Towards 'Utilitarian' Adult Education Perspectives? A Critical Review of the European Union Adult Education Policy / Eugenia A Panitsides ; 16. The International Council for Adult Education and Adult Learning Policy: Addressing the Gap Between Rhetoric and Practice / Alan Tuckett 17. Conclusion: Global Developments in Adult Education Policy / Tom Nesbit.