Emergence of Learning Societies Who Participates in Adult Learning?

Name: Emergence of Learning Societies Who Participates in Adult Learning?
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ISBN: 9780080430683

ISBN-10: 0080430686

ISBN-13: 9780080430683

Edition: 1997

Authors: Paul Bï¿½langer, Sofia Valdivielso

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Many surveys on adult learning participation have been carried out. This book represents the first transnational study on adult learning activities to be carried out through cooperation between 7 countries, UNESCO and the OECD.

Book details

List price: $121.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date: 7/15/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 206
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.45" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Introduction


Who participates in organized adult learning?



The amplitude and the diversity of organized adult learning


An overview of adult education participation in industrialized countries



The "National Windows"


Canada: the growing economic imperative



The Netherlands: impacts of a new policy environment



Poland: adult learning and economic transition



Sweden: the impact of the politics of participation



The United States of America: the current predominance of learning for the job



Switzerland: growing demand, fragmented responses



The Canary Islands: a dual learning society



Prospective Developments


Methodologies for monitoring adult education participation



Conclusion




The adult education participation survey, part of the international adult literacy survey



The adult education participation survey



A description of data-collection procedures


Contents of Chapters


Index of Names


Bibliography


Notes on Editors and Contributors