Examines empirical data related to the potential and actual demand for lifelong adult education in Argentina. Argues that the country's continuing education efforts are responding to current neoconservative economic, social, and educational practices, and as such reproduce and reinforce educational, social, and occupational stratification. (16…

Examines the history of teacher training in Benin, suggesting that a system of lifelong education should be introduced to unite formal and informal education. Discusses radical changes in the role of the teacher and developments in lifelong learning and apprenticeship caused by national and international sociopolitical programs. (11 citations)…

Describes the 1968 initiative in Sweden to establish a national continuing education program and its lack of government support under the current administration. Suggests that the program was never comprehensively implemented, and argues that these policy shifts present education policy as an arena for ideological struggle. (40 citations) (MAB)

Describes China's policies for lifelong education in the 1980s and 1990s undertaken as part of the country's modernization program. Reviews policies related to primary and secondary education, vocational education, workers' inservice training, continuing education for specialists, expansion of evening and correspondence courses, gerontology, and…

Argues that the use of biography in adult education is not a therapeutic process from learning to healing, but has the capacity to change in response to both the individual and the educational environment. Suggests that biographical approaches give learners control over material in a way that conventional education does not. (61 citations) (MAB)

Describes the use of life histories as a means for making sense of personal events and their application to education. Distinguishes three models for the use of life histories in education: the biographical model, the autobiographical model, and the dialectical model. (22 citations) (MAB)

Describes efforts in Japan since the 1960s to institutionalize lifelong education. Reviews new strategies, such as the role of private enterprise in providing education in urban areas. Outlines the formation and results of recent literacy programs, highlighting problems caused by international policy. (12 citations) (MAB)

Examines the emergence of lifelong education globally, addressing the changing relationship between initial education, adult education, and general learning environments. Discusses changing employment patterns and the disparity between the demand for education and institutional response. Describes the economy of lifelong learning as it relates to…

Discusses several models for lifelong learning, including permanent education, lifelong education, recurrent education, learning society, and deschooling society. Describes practices of lifelong education throughout the world. Includes a selected bibliography providing a chronological overview of works representing the lifelong education discourse…

Discusses the relationship between education and Apartheid in South Africa and Namibia, asserting that the political system was fostered by unequal educational systems that provided different schools and resources for different population groups. Describes the increase of alternative education projects, including the National Literacy Programme in…

Discusses lifelong learning in the perspective of individual life histories. Examines examples of learning experiences which have shaped the life-course of the subject or have changed or influenced his or her identity. Examines the nature, form, and social context of these learning experiences, focusing on empowerment and transformation. Contains…

Examines the trends in adult education in Slovakia since it became a separate republic in 1993. The four basic modalities for providing adult education in Slovakia are 1) schools and colleges; 2) cultural centers and similar institutions; 3) vocational training institutions; and 4) voluntary organizations, including trade unions and political…

Describes the origins, developments, and trends of andragogy, the theory of adult education. Focuses on highly developed adult education all over the world, specifically Russia. Discusses the concept of adult education as a service to its educational consumers. (VWC)

Asserts that the forces of globalization have overwhelmed the historical political-cultural mission of adult education today by focusing exclusively on productivity. States that world summits have resulted in declarations disabusing the ideas of profits above people, but the resulting policies have not reflected these. Urges adult educators to…

Examines the issues surrounding the cultural transfer of educational practices and institutions between industrialized countries and developing societies. Pays particular attention to adult education. Suggests that such transfers are most successful when the receiving society takes control of the transfer and comes to own it and to adapt it to…