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

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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
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2786704
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Other authors / contributors:BeĢlanger, 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