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ERIC Number: EJ623656
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0020-8566
Researching Expanded Notions of Learning and Work and Underemployment: Findings of the First Canadian Survey of Informal Learning Practices.
Livingstone, D. W.
International Review of Education, v46 n6 p491-514 Nov 2000
Analyzes the results of the first countrywide survey of the informal learning practices of adults in Canada, conducted in 1998. The survey found respondents to be devoting unprecedented amounts of time to learning activities, including an average of 15 hours per week in informal learning projects. Implications for policy and program initiatives are included. (KS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Conference Papers, Continuing Education, Foreign Countries, Informal Education, Lifelong Learning, National Surveys, Nontraditional Education, Underemployment, Unemployment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada
Note: Special issue on researching work and learning.