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Care or Control?: Defining Learners' Needs for Lifelong Learning

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: Concerns about non-participation in lifelong learning may indicate an emerging moral authoritarianism arising from pessimism about the future. Low expectations of potential for social progress, human agency and learners' motivation to take part in formal learning, exacerbate moves towards a ‘minimalist pedagogy’ regulated by government agencies and encourages the idea that lifelong learning should be compulsory for adults ‘at risk’.

Source: British Journal of Educational Studies

DOI: 10.1111/1467-8527.00123

Author: Kathryn Ecclestone

Institutions: University of Newcastle Australia, Newcastle University

Language: English

Topic: Adult and Continuing Education Topics

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2050110240

FWCI: 18.37

Cites: 15

Cited by: 46

Related to: 10