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Political globalization and the shift from adult education to lifelong learning
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SourceEuropean journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 3 (2012) 2, S. 103-117 ZDB
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ISSN2000-7426; 20007426
LanguageEnglish
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Abstract (English):This article reflects on the shift in vocabulary from (adult and continuing) education to (lifelong) learning and the ideological and purposive orientations it carries. It does so by critically addressing the changes occurred in policy discourses concerned with the education of adults after WWII at transnational level. The main argument is that the shift in vocabulary has been favoured by an increased voice acquired by transnational and inter-states entities (i.e. OECD, UNESCO, EU) in educational matters, however in combination with a change in political emphasis, at least within the European Union, from creating jobs opportunities towards securing that citizens acquire marketable skills. While both trends seems to point at the demise of the nation state as a guarantor for social justice, more research is needed to deepen our understandings of the interplay between transnational and nation-state levels; thus the article concludes by suggesting a research agenda to move in this direction. (DIPF/Orig.)
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Date of publication31.10.2012
CitationMilana, Marcella: Political globalization and the shift from adult education to lifelong learning - In: European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 3 (2012) 2, S. 103-117 - URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-opus-67402 - DOI: 10.25656/01:6740; 10.3384/rela.2000-7426.rela0070
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