Learning is supposed to be for life
21/10/08 10:38
The UK is carrying out a national enquiry into the Future of Lifelong Learning, sponsored by the National Institute of Adult and Continuing Education (Niace). The review will thoroughly examine what lifelong learning means and the potential it holds.
This is exciting, because its a much broader attempt than ever before to look at lifelong learning - its benefits, its resource requirements and more. It spans ten themes, the first of which looks at the dynamics of learning in the workplace. The other themes look at the link between learning in reducing poverty, its impact on physical and mental health and much more.
Evidence suggest lifelong learning is one of the things that keeps us going, which is something we’ve been saying in Secondary Futures for a long time. To be seeking new knowledge and understanding of the world is part of the human condition, wrote Peter Kingston in the UK Guardian recently.
He attempts a useful definition of lifelong learning: “People of all ages learning in a variety of contexts - in educational institutions, at work, at home and through leisure activities.”
However this definition is a work in progress, because once the inquiry, is over, the definition will undoubtedly look different.
Keep tabs on the inquiry here.
This is exciting, because its a much broader attempt than ever before to look at lifelong learning - its benefits, its resource requirements and more. It spans ten themes, the first of which looks at the dynamics of learning in the workplace. The other themes look at the link between learning in reducing poverty, its impact on physical and mental health and much more.
Evidence suggest lifelong learning is one of the things that keeps us going, which is something we’ve been saying in Secondary Futures for a long time. To be seeking new knowledge and understanding of the world is part of the human condition, wrote Peter Kingston in the UK Guardian recently.
He attempts a useful definition of lifelong learning: “People of all ages learning in a variety of contexts - in educational institutions, at work, at home and through leisure activities.”
However this definition is a work in progress, because once the inquiry, is over, the definition will undoubtedly look different.
Keep tabs on the inquiry here.
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