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Age is just a number? — rethinking learning over the lifecourse
Author(s)	Maria Slowey
Journal title	Ageing Horizons, 2008, no 8, 2008
Publisher	Oxford Institute of Ageing, Oxford, 2008
Pages	pp 22-30
Source	Download only from: http:/www.ageing.ox.ac.uk/ageinghorizons
Keywords	Adult Education ; Life span ; Social policy ; European Union ; Europe.
Annotation	The relationship is explored between European Union (EU) lifelong learning policies and strategies on the one hand and on the other, the attributes and practices of adults in relation to learning later life. Following a brief summary of the genealogy of the concept of lifelong learning, a critical examination is provided of EU policies on and participation rates in lifelong learning. Discussion particularly focuses on that intersection between later life and lifelong learning, by highlighting the failure of much current EU legislation and perspectives on lifelong learning to take account of the changing nature of life-course patterns and, in particular, the role and involvement of the "post-work" population. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080702203 A
Classmark	GP: BG6: TM2: WFC: 74
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