Seminar Lifelong Learning An international perspective mit Studienexkursion nach Paris zur OECD und UNESCO MA EB Modul 14.1 MA EAE Modul 1c

LIFELONG LEARNING (LLL) has been much discussed yet is still little understood. Although the idea that people learn during their entire life and in many places and multiple ways, noy just in school, is much older, LLL as a serious reform project for the organization of education and learning has been developed and propagated by international organizations over the last three decades. Especially the UNESCO and the OECD have been at the origin of this discussion (the conceptual work of the Council of Europe and, much later, the European Community has been less influential than that of the former two bodies).The concept has different meanings and one can, in fact, distinguish several main models or ideal types, ranging from a socoial justice model (‘LLL for all”) to a human capital model where LLL is reduced to a role of continuing training for adapting the skills of the workforce to changing working conditions and new technologies. While the former interpretation was dominant in the 1970s, the latter has more recently become the prevailing model. LLL is therefore considered often as the ‘transmission belt’ or prerquisite of the ‘knowledge-based’ or ‘learning’ economy.The objective of the seminar is to clarify the different concepts or models, understand the process by which they have been developed by the international organizations, and analyze their implications for member countries’ national governments. At the end of the seminar, an excursion will be offered to discuss the work of UNESCO and OECD with staff members of these organizations. Please send an e-mail to adulteducation@uni-due.de in order to register for this course. Required readings:Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. (1996). Lifelong learning for all - Meeting of the Education Committee at ministerial level. Paris: OECD. (chapters )Schuetze, H. G. (2006). International concepts and agendas of Lifelong Learning. Compare, 36(3), 289 - 306.Schuetze, H. G., & Casey, C. (2006). Models and meanings of Lifelong Learning: Progress and barriers on the way to the Learning Society. Compare, 36(3), 279 - 287.UNESCO Commission on Education for the Twenty-first Century. (1996). Learning: The treasure from within. Paris: Unesco (Delors Report) (selected chapters). Recommended readings:Green, A. (2006). Models of Lifelong Learning and the Knowledge Society. Compare, 36(3), 307 - 325.Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. (1973). Recurrent Education: A Strategy for Lifelong Learning. Paris: OECD.UNESCO Commission on The World of Education Today and Tomorrow. (1972). Learning to be. Paris: UNESCO (Faure Report). Bemerkung Dipl.Päd. H2 Bildungswissenschaften Universität Duisburg-Essen SS 2009 EW:EB/WB M.A., Erwachsenenbildung/Weiterbildung (Master of Arts) Bildungswissenschaften