| Abstract: | The concept of lifelong learning, now a topic of world-wide urgency, has evolved markedly over time according to its historical, social and technological context. Today's requirement of repeated response to headlong technological innovation and global challenges of other kinds has transformed 'lifelong learning' from its old status as an optional extra for older people to a new role as an essential perspective in every phase of education. The pivot of that reorientation is to be found in a fresh concept of 'young adult' education, with repercussions throughout every educational system. |
