Learning Throughout Life: Challenges for the Twenty-First Century (Education on the Move Series)

By Jacques Delors and Karen MacGregor

The International Commission on Education for the Twenty-first Century, under the chairmanship of Jacques Delors, published in 1996 its report entitled Learning: The Treasure Within. Widely debated within the educational community and in political circles, the report revolved around the central theme of learning throughout life, stressing the importance of formal and non-formal lifelong education in a rapidly changing world. This book, intended for educational planners and policy-makers, brings together the main issues discussed at the follow-up conference on learning throughout life, held in Lisbon in 1999. Although it is acknowledged that learning throughout life is a crucial issue in most countries, this book shows that there is still a long way to go before it becomes a reality. The place of formal and non-formal education is still to be clearly defined, and there is an urgent need for the creation of educational structures with a global approach to lifelong education that take into consideration the multiple aspects influencing both teaching and learning at this time of dramatic, worldwide economic and societal change.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9231038125
• ISBN13: 9789231038129
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: UNESCO
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.5" x 8.0"