Lifelong learning, education across the life-span …

are, in general, meaningless terms since both equate, in policy terms, to adult learning as few, if any, countries think of life as starting before leaving compulsory schooling.

OK, I am over simplifying again but you get the point, I’m sure.

I have just finished reading an interesting article on the subject in The International Journal of Lifelong Education (volume 30 number 2 (March-April 2011)) by Vera Centeno (Humboldt-University, Berlin) which looks at the policy concept internationally.

If you're in an institution which has a subscription to this journal then it is worth reading otherwise you will have to make do with the abstract at http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a935075034~db=all~jumptype=rss

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