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The myth of the learning society

British Journal of Educational Studies, 1995
Abstract The learning society has been advocated as an answer to current economic, political and social problems by a wide coalition of interests, including politicians, employers and educators. Here we critically analyse the concept as a myth; that is, as an idea which may or may not have validity, but which many people believe in.
Malcolm Tight, Christina Hughes
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A "Learning Society"?

Science, 1996
Letters from: [ William Lasseter ][1] [ Robert M. Horton ][1] [ Joseph J. Aleo ][1] [ Scott L. Hooper ][1] [ James O. B. Wright ][1] I began to read the editorial in the 12 April issue ([p. 177][2]), assuming that it was written by the president of the AAAS.
W. Lasseter;   +4 more
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Learning in society [PDF]

open access: possibleGames and Economic Behavior, 2014
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Learning in the information society

Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2006
Despite some spectacular e‐learning failures in recent years, e.g. the British government’s “e University”,educational technologies have continued developing and have made advances in several learning paradigms. These new learning paradigms appear as newways to deal with the old traditional learning concepts and philosophies throughout the widespread ...
Pedro T. Isaías, Maggie McPherson
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Interactive learning with a “society of models”

Pattern Recognition, 1996
Digital library access is driven by features, but the relevance of a feature for a query is not always obvious. This paper describes an approach for integrating a large number of context-dependent features into a semi-automated tool. Instead of requiring universal similarity measures or manual selection of relevant features, the approach provides a ...
Thomas P. Minka, Rosalind W. Picard
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The Learning Society and people with learning difficulties

2001
This book makes a significant contribution to debates about how people with learning difficulties may achieve social inclusion, and the part which lifelong learning may play in this. Its exploration of the links between community care, education, training, employment, housing and benefits policies in the context of lifelong learning is unique.
Riddell, Sheila   +2 more
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Creating a learning society?

2002
Lifelong learning is a key government strategy - both in the UK and internationally - to promote economic growth and combat social exclusion. This book presents a highly innovative study of participation in lifelong learning and the problems which need to be overcome if lifelong learning policies are to be successful.
Stephen Gorard, Gareth Rees
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The Learning Society

1998
Under the Paradox of Age, Charles Handy in The Empty Raincoat talks of the ‘cohort factor’ for each generation. He says that it is very unlikely that our children will have the same sort of life cycle as we have had or that ours has resembled that of our parents.
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