Lifelong Learning

Olav Eikeland (1955-2023) was a philosopher with a PhD in Ancient Greek Philosophy (1993). After several decades at the Work Research Institute in Oslo, he was appointed professor of pedagogy (education and work life research) in 2008 at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University. He extensively published articles and books on critical research methodology, action research, philosophical bases, and institutional ramifications of different research forms and ways of knowing. His special focus was on the relevance of Aristotelian perspectives for modern social research and on organizational and collective learning outside the educational systems and in their intersection. Hedvig Skonhoft Johannesen, PhD, is a sociologist and associate professor at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway, teaching at the master’s program in vocational pedagogy. She has written about vocational teacher’s cultural codes, lifelong learning at the boundaries between university and work life and critical thinking in the climate crisis. Her research interests include vocational education and training (VET), teacher’s professional practices, lifelong learning and the sociology of knowledge.

• Olav Eikeland & Hedvig Skonhoft Johannesen: Preface – Olav Eikeland & Marianna Papastephanou: Why expand the concept of lifelong learning – Marianna Papastephanou: Lifelong learning and educational philosophy – Cecilia Bjursell: Lifelong learning: Politics and philosophy – Stine Bylin Bundgaard: Exploring pathways for lifelong learning – Hedvig Skonhoft Johannesen: Bridging troubled waters – Olav Eikeland: Aristotle’s mirror – Olav Eikeland: Old and new expansions of lifelong learning – Davydd J. Greenwood: If not lifelong learning, then what? – Olav Eikeland & Hedvig Skonhoft Johannesen: If not expanded lifelong learning now – Notes on Contributors – Back text