According to globalisation theories, the importance of international organisations such as UNESCO and EU regarding processes of policy-making is increasing and it is no longer the nation state alone that is regulating policy. Focusing on equity and social justice as central topics of the global discourse, the article raises the question of how…

This study explores adult education programmes under the auspices of multiculturalism at a Chinese cultural centre in Canada in helping immigrants with their cultural development and integration in Canadian society. The study employs an exploratory case study approach combining methods of document analysis and personal interviews. The findings…

Interviews with 36 adult learners in information-communications technology (ICT) settings, using the concept of learning trajectories, revealed barriers to widening participation through ICT. In addition to technical shortcomings, social, economic, cultural, and political issues hinder the process, including lack of innovative instruction and…

Examines the role of education, access to it, lack of participation, and education as a means of social control and culture transmission. Argues that work and leisure are interdependent and explores implications for adult education curriculum. (SK)

Despite rhetoric about the Learning Society and learning culture, developments in the Open College Network suggest the emergence of opposing organizational and professional cultures and a qualifications culture. Instead of a learning culture, a learning market is developing. (SK)

A survey of 765 adult learners who funded education through the British government's Individual Learning Accounts showed the program brought in new lifelong learning participants, encouraged more demanding learning, and increased participation of underrepresented groups. Advice and guidance played an important role. (SK)

Women experience exclusion from citizenship in significant ways. The New Right's education agenda promotes lifelong learning and citizenship within the context of the free market. But lifelong learning can promote a more inclusive view of citizenship by challenging social and cultural reproduction processes, taking a liberatory perspective, and…