'This book is a comprehensive overview of views about lifelong learning. It provides essential/interesting background reading for distance educators ... This collection is a major contribution to lifelong learning discourse and thinking and should also be to development policy.' - Michael Richardson, Open Learning'There is a rapidly expanding literature on lifelong learning. This book is a very useful contribution to the literature, particularly from the perspective of the UK ... [It] is recommended for policymakers, practitioners and researchers interested in this key topic of educational development.' - International Journal of Education Development

• Part 1 Theoretical perspectives; Chapter 1 Lifelong learning, lifelong learning, lifelong learning, Richard Edwards; Chapter 2 Community education and lifelong learning, Rennie Johnston; Chapter 3 The death of mass higher education and the birth of lifelong learning, Peter Scott; Chapter 4 The corporate university, Peter Jarvis; Chapter 5 Rights and obligations, Kenneth H. Lawson; Chapter 6 The evolution of the learning society, Jack Cohen, Mal Leicester; Part 2 Curriculum; Chapter 7 Care or control?, Kathryn Ecclestone; Chapter 8 Adult cognition as a dimension of lifelong learning, Stephen Brookfield; Chapter 9 Learning for living, Val Millman; Chapter 10 Learning, work and community, Terry Hyland; Chapter 11 Life politics and popular learning, Jane Thompson; Part 3 International perspectives; Chapter 12 Lifelong learning for a new society, Shirley Pendlebury, Penny Enslin; Chapter 13 Confucianism, cultural revolution and corporate classrooms, John Morgan; Chapter 14 Lifelong learning in Australia, David Aspin, John Collard, Judith Chapman; Chapter 15 Lifelong learning, Robin Barrow, Patrick Keeney; Chapter 16 Europe and lifelong learning, Klaus Künzel; Part 4 Widening Part icipation; Chapter 17 Learning in the Isles, John Field; Chapter 18 Inclusive learning for 'active citizenship', Mary Stuart; Chapter 19 Black and other ethnic minority communities' learning needs, Alyson Malach; Chapter 20 Lifelong learning and voluntary organizations, Konrad Elsdon; Chapter 21 Education, training and adult refugees in the UK and Australia, Janet Hannah; Chapter 22 Ageing with technology, Jane McKie; Chapter 23 Reflections on lifelong learning and the Third Age, Alex Withnall; Chapter 24 Lifelong learning, John McIlroy;

'This book is a comprehensive overview of views about lifelong learning. It provides essential/interesting background reading for distance educators ... This collection is a major contribution to lifelong learning discourse and thinking and should also be to development policy.' - Michael Richardson, Open Learning'There is a rapidly expanding literature on lifelong learning. This book is a very useful contribution to the literature, particularly from the perspective of the UK ... [It] is recommended for policymakers, practitioners and researchers interested in this key topic of educational development.' - International Journal of Education Development

• Part 1 Theoretical perspectives; Chapter 1 Lifelong learning, lifelong learning, lifelong learning, Richard Edwards; Chapter 2 Community education and lifelong learning, Rennie Johnston; Chapter 3 The death of mass higher education and the birth of lifelong learning, Peter Scott; Chapter 4 The corporate university, Peter Jarvis; Chapter 5 Rights and obligations, Kenneth H. Lawson; Chapter 6 The evolution of the learning society, Jack Cohen, Mal Leicester; Part 2 Curriculum; Chapter 7 Care or control?, Kathryn Ecclestone; Chapter 8 Adult cognition as a dimension of lifelong learning, Stephen Brookfield; Chapter 9 Learning for living, Val Millman; Chapter 10 Learning, work and community, Terry Hyland; Chapter 11 Life politics and popular learning, Jane Thompson; Part 3 International perspectives; Chapter 12 Lifelong learning for a new society, Shirley Pendlebury, Penny Enslin; Chapter 13 Confucianism, cultural revolution and corporate classrooms, John Morgan; Chapter 14 Lifelong learning in Australia, David Aspin, John Collard, Judith Chapman; Chapter 15 Lifelong learning, Robin Barrow, Patrick Keeney; Chapter 16 Europe and lifelong learning, Klaus Künzel; Part 4 Widening Part icipation; Chapter 17 Learning in the Isles, John Field; Chapter 18 Inclusive learning for 'active citizenship', Mary Stuart; Chapter 19 Black and other ethnic minority communities' learning needs, Alyson Malach; Chapter 20 Lifelong learning and voluntary organizations, Konrad Elsdon; Chapter 21 Education, training and adult refugees in the UK and Australia, Janet Hannah; Chapter 22 Ageing with technology, Jane McKie; Chapter 23 Reflections on lifelong learning and the Third Age, Alex Withnall; Chapter 24 Lifelong learning, John McIlroy;