Models of Lifelong Learning and the «Knowledge Society» in Europe.

Authors

  • Andy Green Professor of Comparative Social Science at the Institute of Education, University of London, and Director of the ERSC Research Centre on Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies (LLAKES)

Abstract

The main question that informs this article is: which system of lifelong learning is able to facilitate a competitive and dynamic “knowledge economy”, while simultaneously also promoting a “knowledge society” with high levels of social cohesion? This article attempts to examine these questions by means of an analysis of national and regional models of the "knowledge economy" and the "knowledge society" in Europe, and the contribution of lifelong learning programmes to each of these models. First, we compare the different models of the "knowledge economy” and the "knowledge society" and, second, their relationship with systems of lifelong learning.

Keywords

Continuing education, social cohesion, competitiveness, knowledge economy

Author Biography

Andy Green, Professor of Comparative Social Science at the Institute of Education, University of London, and Director of the ERSC Research Centre on Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies (LLAKES)

His main field of research is the comparative (historical and sociological) study of education and training systems, their origins and social and economic consequences. He was formerly co-founder and co-director of the UK Government-funded Wider Benefits of Learning Centre and has directed and co-directed a number of major comparative research projects addressing both economic and social impacts of education and training. He has frequently acted as consultant both to international bodies, such as CEDEFOP, the European Commission, OECD and UNESCO, and to UK Government bodies, including the DFES National Skills Task Force (1999-2000) and Skills Task Force Research Group (2002), the Ministerial Skills Strategy Steering Group (2003). Andy Green has published widely on a range of social and education issues, with major works translated into Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish. His major books include: Education and Development in a Global Era: Strategies for ‘Successful’ Globalisation, DFID, 2007; Education, Equality and Social Cohesion, Palgrave 2006; Education, Globalisation and the Nation State, Palgrave, 1997; and the prize-winning Education and State Formation, Macmillan, 1990

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/papers/v96n4.175

Published

2011-10-01

How to Cite

Green, A. (2011). Models of Lifelong Learning and the «Knowledge Society» in Europe. Papers. Revista De Sociologia, 96(4), 1075–1096. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/papers/v96n4.175

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