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Duke, Chris – Adults Learning, 2008
Lifelong learning is a powerful concept and perspective for transforming education systems and enabling learning societies. Developed in the advanced industrialised North, it is now being considered in poor countries where Education for All is a main educational preoccupation. The meaning of lifelong learning is confused and contested, caught up…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Access to Education, Socioeconomic Status
Duke, Chris; Vorapipatana, Kowit – 1982
Formal education has traditionally played the conservative role of transmitting values, culture, skills, and knowledge from one generation to the next. Its role has become dysfunctional in societies such as those in Asia and the Pacific that are characterized by rapid change. In societies such as these, the need now is for education for…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Educational Planning