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Rasmussen, Palle – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2014
This article describes and discusses the development of lifelong learning policy in two EU member states, Denmark and Portugal. The purpose is to show how different societal and historical contexts shape the development and implementation of lifelong learning policies, even though these policies have significant common elements. As a basis for the…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Educational Policy, Context Effect, Comparative Education
Broek, Simon; Hake, Barry J. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2012
This article contains an analysis of policies aimed at increasing the participation of adults in higher education (HE) in seven countries (NL, DK, SE, UK, BE Flanders, DE and the state of California in the USA). In order to maintain their economic competitiveness, many countries have developed policies to increase the participation of adults in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, Program Effectiveness, Comparative Analysis
Lotz, Maja – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2010
This paper explores the constructive links between cooperation, rivalry, and learning within the structure of team communities. Drawing upon social learning theory and qualitative data from case studies conducted in Danish team-based firms, the main purpose is to argue that both cooperation and rivalry are important triggers for mobilizing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperation, Competition, Learning Processes
Illeris, Knud – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2009
For more than a century learning psychology has dealt with the so-called transfer problem: that what has been learned in one context often can be difficult to recall and apply in a different context. This article, building on many years' theoretical and practical work in the field, starts by defining five main learning spaces in contemporary…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Transfer of Training, Educational Practices, Lifelong Learning
Aarkrog, Vibe – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2005
Over the last decades educational researchers and politicians have shown a growing interest in the concept of learning in practice, i.e. learning in the workplace. Learning in practice plays an important role in connection with lifelong learning, as the workplace is an obvious setting for realizing this aim. Theories about learning in practice…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Vocational Education, Inplant Programs, Education Work Relationship
Clayton, Pamela – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2005
Commonly, the work situation of migrant and refugee women declines notably on arriving in the new country, irrespective of their existing qualifications and even after they have taken accepted qualifications. The primary objectives of this research were to test the hypothesis that women bring to their new countries skills and competencies arising…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Adult Education, Refugees