Lifelong Learning and the New Education Order
Lifelong learning remains an explosive policy issue. In Britain and elsewhere, governments are actively encouraging citizens to learn and to apply their learning across their lifespan. Yet governments often seem uncertain over the best means of achieving this desirable goal. John Field's book explores the background to this sudden rise of interest among policy-makers, maps existing patterns of participation, evaluates the measures being developed to promote lifelong learning, and assesses the prospects of achieving a viable learning society.
This second edition to this influential book has been fully revised and updated to take account of recent research and policy developments. It is required reading for academics with a scholarly interest in adult learning, as well as for teachers, managers and others who want to understand one of the most critical and fast-moving areas of modern educational policy. John Field is the first Professor of Lifelong Learning in Britain at Warwick University and is recognized as a leading authority in this field. He has lectured widely in the US and elsewhere in the English speaking world. "...an authoritative and compelling account [that] provides a broad vista in a few pages... fluent and highly accessible." -- Higher Education Review "...comprehensive, readable and authoritative....a timely and informative book that should fuel further relevant debate, discussion and research." -- Educational Management and Administration "[A]n important and original study....a book which will prove stimulating from beginning to end for all those with an interest in lifelong learning." -- Journal of Philosophy of Education "…post formal-education learning is worth doing, read this book." -- British Journal of Educational Technology Praise for the first edition: "...an authoritative and compelling account [that] provides a broad vista in a few pages... fluent and highly accessible." -- Higher Education Review ". . . an important and original study . . . a book which will prove stimulating from beginning to end for all those with an interest in lifelong learning." -- Journal of Philosophy of Education ". . . comprehensive, readable and authoritative . . . a timely and informative book that should fuel further relevant debate, discussion and research." -- Educational Management and Administration