Lifelong Learning, Global Social Justice, and Sustainability

Lifelong Learning, Global Social Justice, and Sustainability

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  • Author: Leona M. English
  • Publisher: Springer Nature
  • ISBN: 3030657787
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 140

This book examines lifelong learning from different angles and follows the trajectory beginning with the expansive notion of lifelong education promoted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and its subsequent version intended to better suit the neoliberal framework and make EU countries more competitive in the global economy. The authors critique this version of lifelong learning by contrasting it with the notion of critical literacy. They also devote attention to the UN’s advocacy concerning lifelong education and sustainable development, arguing that for lifelong learning to help realize this goal, it needs to become more holistic in scope and engage more globally conceived social and human-earth relations. The book concludes with a discussion on lifelong learning and the COVID-19 pandemic.


Lifelong Learning and Social Justice

Lifelong Learning and Social Justice

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  • Author: Sue Barbara Jackson
  • Publisher: Niace
  • ISBN: 9781862014541
  • Category : Adult education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

Lifelong learning is at the forefront of the educational arena, both nationally and internationally, although what it means is highly contestable. In recent times, lifelong learning has increasingly come to mean vocational education and training within a globalized knowledge economy. This important book, presenting international dimensions, argues that there needs to be a sharp re-focus to an alignment of lifelong learning with social justice. Timely in its calls to turn the debate to social issues, this volume offers a valuable perspective encompassing sustainability and community; learning and work; and identities. With both a policy and practitioner focus, and an international aspect to each section, readers will find the book invaluable in broadening their understanding of the field, offering alternative ways of developing and enhancing learning opportunities through a greater understanding of the intersections between lifelong learning and social justice.


Adult Education and Social Justice: International Perspectives

Adult Education and Social Justice: International Perspectives

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  • Author: Maria Slowey
  • Publisher: Firenze University Press
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 326

This book investigates the ways in which the social purposes of adult education are (re)interpreted over time, and between the global south and global north. It brings together thirty-seven authors from fourteen countries with extensive experience as academics and/or practitioners in the field. The book is inspired by the work and life of Lalage Bown, a leading proponent of post-colonial and inclusive visions of education for all. Over her long life she worked tirelessly to promote access to basic and higher education for people of all ages and backgrounds: with a deep commitment to striving for greater equality for women. Following an Introduction, the book is structured around four main themes: Adult Education and Social Justice; Decolonisation, Post-Colonialism and Indigenous Knowledge; From Literacy to Lifelong Learning; and, Fostering Excellence, Policy Development and Supporting Future Generation of Adult Educators. The book concludes with reflections on Lalage Bown’s Enduring Legacy.


Third International Handbook of Lifelong Learning

Third International Handbook of Lifelong Learning

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  • Author: Karen Evans
  • Publisher: Springer Nature
  • ISBN: 3031195922
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 1330

The Third edition of this well-received and widely used Handbook brings together an entirely new set of chapters, to reflect progress and new themes in the ten years to 2022. Building on the established structure of the first two Handbooks, the four sections focus in turn on: philosophy, history and theory development; fresh perspectives on policy and policy development; emerging programs and new approaches; and re-imagining lifelong learning for future challenges. The Handbook stimulates readers with fresh and timely insights, while exploring anew some enduring themes. New topics and themes introduced in all sections address lifelong learning challenges associated with climate change, the digital world, the rise of populism, migration and precarious living. The Handbook features learning innovations and evolving pedagogies such as intergenerational learning, art as pedagogy to promote public-mindedness, neuroscience enhancing learning effectiveness, and lifelong learning for sustainability. Policy responses to lifelong learning for work and well-being are debated. In state of the art contributions, authors from around the globe focus readers' attention on multifaceted processes, issues and decisions that must be better understood and enacted if inclusive development and fair access to lifelong learning are to become realities for us all.


Handbook of Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development

Handbook of Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development

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  • Author: Walter Leal Filho
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 3319635344
  • Category : Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 376

This book focuses on lifelong learning for sustainable development, an aspect that has been rarely explored in great detail. It also discusses methodological approaches and experiences deriving from case studies and projects, which demonstrate how lifelong learning for sustainable development can be implemented in practice. The book provides respecting research institutions, universities, NGOs, and enterprises with an opportunity to display and present their work in this field. It fosters the exchange of information, ideas and experiences acquired in the context of concerning initiatives, especially with regard to successful projects and best practices.


Pedagogy of Hope for Global Social Justice

Pedagogy of Hope for Global Social Justice

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  • Author: Douglas Bourn
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • ISBN: 1350326275
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 289

Following Paulo Freire and his concept of pedagogy of hope, this open access book explores the educational role of hope as an approach to learning about global issues in different areas of the world. Climate change, racism, and the COVID-19 pandemic have shown more than ever the need for a global shift in education policy and practice. This book provides a conceptual framework of global education and learning and the role it can play in addressing these social and environmental challenges. Written by scholars based in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ghana, India, Italy, Portugal South Africa, Spain, the UK and the USA, the book addresses a range of local and global issues from global citizenship education in Latin America to training teachers in global education. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Knowledge Unlatched.


SDG4 - Quality Education

SDG4 - Quality Education

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  • Author: Therese Ferguson
  • Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
  • ISBN: 1787694267
  • Category : Political Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 138

SDG4 - Quality Education: Inclusivity, Equity and Lifelong Learning For All will explore the multifaceted and complex nature of the concepts of inclusivity and quality education.


Advancing the Global Agenda for Human Rights, Vulnerable Populations, and Environmental Sustainability

Advancing the Global Agenda for Human Rights, Vulnerable Populations, and Environmental Sustainability

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  • Author: Mary V. Alfred
  • Publisher: IAP
  • ISBN: 1648026974
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 386

For over 70 years, the United Nations has worked to advance human conditions globally through its historic agenda for a more peaceful, prosperous, and just world. Through the work of the General Assembly and other programs like the UNESCO World Conferences on Adult Education, the organization has taken a leading role in bringing world leaders together to dialogue on world issues and to set agendas for advancing social and economic justice among and within the regions of the world. The underlying themes of the United Nations’ agenda over the years have been world peace, economic justice, addressing the needs of the world’s most vulnerable populations, and protecting the environment. We draw from the two last two declarations from which the Millennium Development Goals (September 2000) and the Sustainable Development Goals (September 2015) were adopted by world leaders with a focus on addressing the needs of the most vulnerable populations. In this declaration, world leaders committed to uphold the long-standing principles of the organization and to combat extreme poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination and violence against women. The overall objective of the book is to highlight the conditions of vulnerable populations from various contexts globally, and the role adult and higher education can play (and is playing) in advancing the United Nations agenda of social and economic justice and environmental sustainability. Adult education, through research, teaching, and service engagements is contributing to this ongoing effort but as many scholars have noted, our work remains invisible and undocumented. Therefore, this book highlights adult education’s critical partnership in addressing these global issues. It will also begin to fill the void that exists in adult education literature on internationalization of the field.


Perspectives on Lifelong Learning and Global Citizenship

Perspectives on Lifelong Learning and Global Citizenship

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  • Author: Sarah Stanlick
  • Publisher: Springer Nature
  • ISBN: 3031009746
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 207

This book lays the groundwork for the future of global citizenship, and it discusses where we are now, where to go from here, and how all of this fits into a lifelong learning context. It incorporates case studies, meta-narratives, and empirical studies to support cosmopolitanism through a lifelong learning lens and is a must read for educators, activists, non-governmental organizations, civil society, and community organizations. The framing for this book is with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 in mind: ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all, with the intent that all learners will acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to promote “sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development” (UN Sustainable Development Goal, target 4.7). It is through this lens that this book showcases the work of researchers, practitioners, civil society, and thought leaders in global citizenship for lifelong learning. While this tension between nationalism and cosmopolitanism exists, the wheels of globalization still turn and shape our local, national, and global connections. Through this exploration, this book lifts up examples of global citizenship education done well, across the age spectrum, and in a variety of contexts. The binding factor is the core values, ethics, and moral structure of a world in collaboration toward its larger human and ecological thriving. It unpacks complex topics such as ethical and cultural relativism, accountability and responsibility in a global world, decolonial education and unmaking ideas of “development”, and ethical models for community-based global learning and engagement. What voices are missing in the discussion of global learning and global citizenship education?


Global Citizenship for Adult Education

Global Citizenship for Adult Education

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  • Author: Petra A. Robinson
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1000403408
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 333

This book promotes the development of nontraditional literacies in adult education, especially as these critical literacies relate to global citizenship, equity, and social justice. As this edited collection argues, a rapidly changing global environment and proliferation of new media technologies have greatly expanded the kinds of literacies that one requires in order to be an engaged global citizen. It is imperative for adult educators and learners to understand systems, organizations, and relationships that influence our lives as citizens of the world. By compiling a comprehensive list of foundational, sociocultural, technological and informational, psychosocial and environmental, and social justice literacies, this volume offers readers theoretical foundations, practical strategies, and additional resources.