Learning To Grow Older & Bolder [microform] : A Policy Paper on Learning in Later Life / Shiela Carlton and Jim Soulsby
- Bib ID:
- 5675362
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Carlton, Shiela
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1999
- 112 p.
- ISBN:
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- 9781862010505
- 1862010501
- Summary:
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This paper discusses policy regarding learning in later life in the United Kingdom. The following are among the topics discussed in chapters 1-12: (1) the importance of lifelong learning; (2) the importance of learning to older people; (3) opportunities for lifelong learning in the United Kingdom; (4) the United Kingdom's aging population; (5) older learners' participation in learning; (6) provisions for older adults by local education authorities and in the further education, higher education, and voluntary sectors; (7) the role of information technology and broadcast media in lifelong learning; (8) the government's role in lifelong learning; and (9) lifelong learning and issues and barriers. The following are among the 63 policy recommendations listed in Chapter 13: (1) make increasing older adults' participation in education and training a policy priority; (2) ensure that local education authorities prepare lifelong learning development plans that take account of older people's unique learning needs; (3) promote distance learning as a primary means of access for older people; and (4) increase learning opportunities at work. Nineteen tables/figures and a list of abbreviations are included. Eleven tables/figures containing additional statistics, acknowledgments, and a list of advisory group members are appended. The bibliography contains 166 references. (MN)
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- Availability: National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, 21 De Montfort Street, Leicester LE1 7GE, United Kingdom, Web site: http://www.niace.org.uk (13.95 British pounds).
- ERIC Note: Subtitle on cover is "A Policy Discussion Paper on Learning in Later Life." Funded by the Carnegie (UK) Trust and the Esmee Fairbairn Charitable Trust for the Older & Bolder Initiative.
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- Subject:
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- Access to Education
- Adult Learning
- Adult Programs
- Adult Students
- Aging (Individuals)
- Change Strategies
- College Programs
- Computer Uses in Education
- Delivery Systems
- Distance Education
- Education Work Relationship
- Educational Change
- Educational Needs
- Educational Objectives
- Educational Opportunities
- Educational Planning
- Educational Policy
- Educational Trends
- Enrollment Trends
- Foreign Countries
- Government School Relationship
- Information Technology
- Lifelong Learning
- Mass Media
- Needs Assessment
- Nontraditional Students
- Older Adults
- Open Education
- Participation
- Policy Formation
- Population Trends
- Postsecondary Education
- Public Policy
- Student Characteristics
- Technical Institutes
- Trend Analysis
- Universities
- Volunteers
- United Kingdom
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- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1999
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