{"id":2356,"date":"2013-04-13T13:17:33","date_gmt":"2013-04-13T13:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infed.org\/mobi\/?p=2356"},"modified":"2026-01-17T13:30:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T13:30:32","slug":"lifelong-learning-and-adult-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/welcome\/lifelong-learning-and-adult-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifelong learning and adult education"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>for starters<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/lifelonglearning\/b-adedgn.htm\">Adult education defined<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; discussion and guide.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Learning in the community and community learning\" href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/learning-in-the-community-and-community-learning\/\">Learning in the community<\/a><\/strong>. Explore the idea of learning and education in the community.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lifelong learning\" href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/lifelong-learning\/\"><strong>Lifelong learning<\/strong><\/a>. Lifelong learning is much talked about &#8211; but what does it mean?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"featured\"><\/a>featured<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Informal and non-formal education, colonialism and development\" href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/informal-and-non-formal-education-colonialism-and-development\/\">Non-formal education and colonialism<\/a><\/strong>. The place of informal and non-formal education in development &#8211; the experience of the south.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Looking again at non-formal and informal education \u2013 towards a new paradigm\" href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/looking-again-at-non-formal-and-informal-education-towards-a-new-paradigm\/\">Non-formal and informal education &#8211; towards a new paradigm<\/a><\/strong>. Alan Rogers examines the confusion around these terms and offers a conceptualization.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"settings\"><\/a>settings<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/community\/index.htm\">Community development<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/schooling\/index.htm\">Schools<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Settlements and adult education\" href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/settlements-and-adult-education\/\">Settlements and adult education<\/a><\/strong>. See, also: <a title=\"University and social settlements and social action centres\" href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/university-and-social-settlements\/\"> Settlements and social action centres<\/a>; <a title=\"Toynbee Hall, adult education and association\" href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/toynbee-hall-adult-education-and-association\/\">Toynbee Hall, adult education and association<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>thinkers<\/h3>\n<p>Assessments of the contribution of key thinkers:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/argyris.htm\">Chris Argyris<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/bryan.htm\">Tom Bryan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/et-buber.htm\">Martin Buber<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/coyle.htm\"> Grace Coyle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/et-dewey.htm\"> John Dewey<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/dubois.htm\"> DuBois, W. E. B<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/et-foll.htm\"> Mary Parker Follett<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/et-freir.htm\">Paulo Freire<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/fromm.htm\"> Erich Fromm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/et-gand.htm\">M. K. Gandhi<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/gardner.htm\"> Howard Gardner<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/et-good.htm\"> William Goodwin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/et-gram.htm\">Antonio Gramsci<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/et-grund.htm\">N. F. S. Grundtvig<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/hooks.htm\"> bell hooks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/et-hort.htm\"> Miles Horton<\/a> (in preparation)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/et-illic.htm\"> Ivan Illich<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-explrn.htm\"> David Kolb<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/et-lind.htm\">Eduard Lindeman<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/et-love.htm\"> William Lovett<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/maclure.htm\"> William Maclure<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/malcolm.htm\"> Malcolm X<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/et-marx.htm\"> Karl Marx<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/mcclusky.htm\">Howard McClusky<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/et-morr.htm\">Henry Morris<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/et-nye.htm\">Julius Nyerere<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/et-owen.htm\">Robert Owen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/polanyi.htm\"> Michael Polanyi<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/putnam.htm\"> Robert. D. Putnam<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/et-rogers.htm\">Carl Rogers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/et-saadawi.htm\"> Nawal El Saadawi <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/et-schon.htm\"> Donald Schon (Sch\u00f6n)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/senge.htm\"> Peter Senge<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/solly.htm\">Henry Solly<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/tawney.htm\"> Richard Henry Tawney<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/williams.htm\"> George Williams<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/wilson.htm\"> Gertrude Wilson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/wollstonecraft.htm\"> Mary Wollstonecraft<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/robert_a_woods.htm\"> Robert A. Woods<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/wright_mills.htm\"> C. Wright Mills<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/thinkers\/et-yeax.htm\">Basil Yeaxlee<\/a> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b> <a name=\"keywords\"><\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>keywords<\/h3>\n<p>A series of essays exploring the meaning of key terms.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Andragogy: what is it and does it help thinking about adult learning?\" href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/andragogy-what-is-it-and-does-it-help-thinking-about-adult-learning\/\">andragogy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/association\/b-assoc.htm\">association<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/community\/community.htm\">community<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-comp.htm\">competence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-dialog.htm\">conversation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-consc.htm\">conscientization<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-curric.htm\">curriculum<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-dem.htm\">democracy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-dialog.htm\">dialogue<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-differ.htm\">difference<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-encoun.htm\">encounters<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-exper.htm\">experience<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-explrn.htm\">experiential learning<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-eval.htm\">evaluation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-facil.htm\">facilitation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/schooling\/b-folk.htm\" name=\"shorts\">folk high schools<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-learn.htm\">learning<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/lifelonglearning\/b-edcom.htm\">learning in the community<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/lifelonglearning\/b-lrnsoc.htm\">learning society<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lifelong learning\" href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/lifelong-learning\/\">lifelong learning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Adult education and lifelong learning \u2013 southern critiques and alternatives\" href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/adult-education-and-lifelong-learning-southern-critiques-and-alternatives\/\">lifelong learning &#8211; some lessons from the South<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-newbks.htm\">networks &#8211; learning<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-nonfor.htm\">non-formal education<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Informal and non-formal education, colonialism and development\" href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/informal-and-non-formal-education-colonialism-and-development\/\">non-formal education and colonialism<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-partln.htm\">participation in learning<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-poped.htm\">popular education<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-postmd.htm\">post-modernity<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-power.htm\">power<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-praxis.htm\">praxis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"\u2018Race\u2019 and difference \u2013 developing practice in lifelong learning\" href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/race-and-difference-developing-practice-in-lifelong-learning\/\">&#8216;race&#8217;, difference and lifelong learning<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-reflect.htm\">reflection<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-selfdr.htm\">self-direction<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-self.htm\">selfhood<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Social capital and lifelong learning\" href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/social-capital-and-lifelong-learning\/\"> social capital and lifelong learning<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-soced.htm\">social education<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-socped.htm\">social pedagogy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/biblio\/b-vocare.htm\">vocation<\/a><strong><a name=\"e-texts\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>e-texts<\/h3>\n<p>Look at some classics of lifelong learning in our <strong><a> archives<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/schooling\/b-folk.htm\" name=\"shorts\"> <\/a><strong>Picture<\/strong>: Lifelong learning &#8211; 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