Lifelong Learning in Asia: Eclectic Concepts, Rhetorical Ideals, and Missing Values. Implications for Values Education

Lee, Wing-On

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“…Oliver (1999) points out that the injudicious use of lifelong learning can seriously reduce its impact and significance. Reviewing lifelong learning policies and policy-related documents, Lee (2007) observes that a 'missing link' in many countries' lifelong learning discourse is 'its significance for enhancing humanitarian values on an individual level, active citizenship on a societal level, and democracy on a political level' (p. 374). He points out that lifelong learning should not only be focused on economic values, it plays a significant role in equipping people to become for active citizenship in making contribution to the society at large, as the degree of active participation is by and large affected by the education level of the citizens (Hargreaves and Shirley 2009;Lee 2007;Rogers 2006).…”

Section: Lifelong Learning and The Fourth Waymentioning

confidence: 98%

“…The former emphasises organisation and central strategies of provision with the decisions on what is to be taught residing within the organisation. The latter emphasises self-agency and self-motivation on the part of the individual to learn what is required for his or her own adaptation to a world in perpetual transition (Lee 2007). This conceptual shift facilitates the growth of an education service industry developed around meeting or responding to the learners' needs (Young and Ng 2000).…”

Section: Towards Lifelong Learning: the 'Fourth Sector' Of Education?mentioning

confidence: 98%

“…It addresses educational needs for the much more uncontrollable processes of globalisation and volatile economies (Lee 2007).…”

Section: Towards Lifelong Learning: the 'Fourth Sector' Of Education?mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Learning for the future: the emergence of lifelong learning and the internationalisation of education as the fourth way?

Lee

2011

Educ Res Policy Prac

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This article explores the discourse of international educational reform that aims at meeting the various challenges of globalisation and a knowledge-based economy and preparing students for a better future in the twenty-first century. Specifically, it reviews the dominant themes, trends and goals of modern education. It does so by exploring the shared themes of curriculum adaptation, the emerging models of learning and innovation, the trend towards lifelong learning for all and the growing need for the internationalisation of education. It concludes by suggesting an overall trend of the sectorisation and de-sectorisation of education emerging under new social and economic circumstances in the twenty-first century.

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Section: Lifelong Learning and The Fourth Waymentioning

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Section: Towards Lifelong Learning: the 'Fourth Sector' Of Education?mentioning

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2011

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“…Increasingly countries around the world accept/adopt/adapt the notion of knowledge economy as an unavoidable cause of educational reform, and many reforms are evolved around the notion of knowledge economy, despite the varied stages of economic development in different countries (Lee 2007).…”

Section: Knowledge Economy and Entrepreneurial Universitymentioning

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The repositioning of high education from its expanded visions: lifelong learning, entrepreneurship, internationalization and integration

Lee

2008

Educ Res Policy Prac

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In contemplating about the quality of higher education needed for today, this paper reviews the changing concepts and expectations towards higher education. It does so by delineating the changing setting of the higher education sector, the changing understanding of scholarship, the changing economy that leads to the emergence of entrepreneurial university, and the growing globalization and internationalization of higher education. It concludes by suggesting an integrative role to be taken by the university that takes into account all the changing expectations towards higher education under new economic and social circumstances.

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“…Tüm eğitim kademelerini ve hayatın tamamını kapsayan HBÖ kavramına ilişkin yapılan araştırmaların sayısı ve çeşidi hızla artmaktadır. Literatürde HBÖ kavramına ilişkin mobil teknoloji, eğitim politikaları, hayat boyu eğitim, sosyal hizmetler, bilgi ekonomisi, değerler eğitimi, HBÖ yeterlilikleri, ulusal yeterlilik çerçevesi, eğitim programları, bilgi toplumu, halk kütüphaneleri gibi çok farklı alanlarda yapılan araştırmalara rastlamak mümkündür (Sharples, 2000;Preece, 2003;Lee, 2007;Polat & Odabaş, 2008;Ogawa, 2009;Billett, 2010;Demirel, 2011;Karakuş, 2013;Ersoy, 2013;Jarvis, 2014;Nissen et al, 2014;Tamer, 2014). Bu araştırmada ise HBÖ kavramı, HBÖ kurumu (halk eğitimi merkezleri, mesleki eğitim merkezleri, olgunlaşma enstitüleri, turizm eğitim merkezleri) yöneticilerinin görüşlerine dayalı bir metafor çalışması kapsamında incelenmiştir.…”

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Opinions of lifelong learning institution administrators on the concept “lifelong learning”: a metaphor analysis for lifelong learning

Doğan¹,

Kavtelek²

2015

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ÖzBu araştırmada, hayat boyu öğrenme kurum yöneticilerinin hayat boyu öğrenme kavramına ilişkin görüşleri metafor analizi kapsamında değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışma nitel araştırma yaklaşımına göre yapılandırılmış olup verilerinin yorumlanması sürecinde betimsel analiz, içerik analizi ve sürekli karşılaştırma tekniği kullanılmıştır. Çalışma grubunu, Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Hayat Boyu Öğrenme Genel Müdürlüğü tarafından Antalya'da yapılan Yetişkin Eğitiminin Temel Prensipleri Çalıştayı'na, tüm Türkiye'den katılan 417 hayat boyu öğrenme kurum yöneticisi oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma kapsamında yöneticilerin ifade ettiği metaforlar, zorunluluk, insan ürünü, yaşam, süreklilik, sağlık ve yol gösterici olmak üzere altı tema altında 86 kategoride yapılandırılmıştır. Buna göre hayat boyu öğrenme kurum yöneticilerinin, hayat boyu öğrenme kavramını insan için gerekli olan, insana fayda sağlayan ve insan hayatı için vazgeçilmez bir unsur olarak gördükleri söylenebilir. Anahtar Sözcükler: Hayat boyu öğrenme, Metafor, Hayat boyu öğrenme kurum yöneticileri, Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı, Eğitim sistemi ABSTRACTThe aim of this study is to evaluate lifelong learning institution administrators' opinions on the concept of lifelong learning within the scope of metaphor analysis. The study was structured by the qualitative research approach and, descriptive analysis, content analysis and constant comparison technique were employed during the process of interpretation of the data. The study group was composed of 417 lifelong learning institution administrators from all regions of Turkey participated in the "Workshop on Basic Principles of Adult Education" held in Antalya by the Ministry of National Education, General Directorate of Lifelong Learning. The metaphors expressed by the administrators under the study were structured in 86 categories under 6 themes including necessity, man-made, health, continuity, life and instructive. Accordingly, it can be said that lifelong learning institution administrators consider the concept of lifelong learning as necessary for human, beneficial for human beings and an indispensable element for human life.

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Lifelong Learning in Asia: Eclectic Concepts, Rhetorical Ideals, and Missing Values. Implications for Values Education

Cited by 12 publications

References 8 publications

Learning for the future: the emergence of lifelong learning and the internationalisation of education as the fourth way?

Learning for the future: the emergence of lifelong learning and the internationalisation of education as the fourth way?

The repositioning of high education from its expanded visions: lifelong learning, entrepreneurship, internationalization and integration

Opinions of lifelong learning institution administrators on the concept “lifelong learning”: a metaphor analysis for lifelong learning

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