Higher education and lifelong learners
| Titel: | Higher education and lifelong learners : international perspectives on change / ed. by Hans G. Schuetze ... |
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| Veröffentlicht: | London : Routledge Falmer, 2000 |
| Umfang: | XI, 244 Seiten |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| ISBN: | 0415247942 ; 9780415247948 ; 0415247934 ; 9780415247931 |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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- List of figures
- p. vii
- List of tables
- p. viii
- Notes on contributors
- p. x
- Part I
- Introduction: comparative perspectives
- p. 1
- 1
- Traditions and new directions in higher education: a comparative perspective on non-traditional students and lifelong learners
- p. 3
- Part II
- Europe
- p. 25
- 2
- Austria: the enduring myth of the full-time student: an exploration of the reality of participation patterns in Austrian universities
- p. 27
- 3
- Germany: non-traditional students in German higher education: situation, profiles, policies and perspectives
- p. 48
- 4
- Ireland: adult learners and non-traditional students in Irish higher education
- p. 67
- 5
- Sweden: non-traditional students in higher education in Sweden: from recurrent education to lifelong learning
- p. 83
- 6
- The United Kingdom: redefining the non-traditional student: equity and lifelong learning in British higher education, 1985-2000
- p. 101
- Part III
- North America
- p. 125
- 7
- Canada: higher education and lifelong learning in Canada: re-interpreting the notions of 'traditional' and 'non-traditional' students in the context of a 'knowledge society'
- p. 127
- 8
- The United States: heterogeneity of the student body and the meaning of 'non-traditional' in US higher education
- p. 149
- Part IV
- Australia, Japan and New Zealand
- p. 171
- 9
- Australia: higher education and lifelong learning: an Australian perspective
- p. 173
- 10
- Japan: from traditional higher education to lifelong learning: changes in higher education in Japan
- p. 195
- 11
- New Zealand: the impact of market forces in the quest for lifelong learning in New Zealand universities
- p. 217
