The Emergence of learning societies : who participates in adult learning? /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	[Oxford, U.K.] ; [New York] : Pergamon and UNESCO Institute for Education, 1997.
Description:	xii, 194 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Adult education -- Cross-cultural studies. Adult learning -- Cross-cultural studies. School enrollment -- Cross-cultural studies. Adult education. Adult learning. School enrollment. Cross-cultural studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2786704

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Other authors / contributors:	Bélanger, Paul. Valdivielso, Sofia.
ISBN:	0080430686
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-192) and index.

Table of Contents:

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
Appendix. The adult education participation survey, part of the international adult literacy survey
Appendix A. The adult education participation survey
Appendix B. A description of data-collection procedures
Contents of Chapters
Index of Names
Bibliography
Notes on Editors and Contributors

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