Making Lifelong Learning Work: Learning Cities for a Learning Century »

Every nation wants to be a "Learning Nation", and most of them are searching for a means of implementation, homing in on the idea of the "Learning Community" as a way of doing so. Thinking globally —- acting locally. This book puts forward practical examples of application."Learning Communities" might be described as cities, towns, villages, regions or any geographical entity which continually recognize, celebrate and develop the human potential of all their citizens. They combine their educational, social, cultural, economic, political, environmental and wealth creation functions into a strategy to grow both people and organizations. This book builds on the author's previous work (Lifelong Learning, Kogan Page, 1996) by outlining the future roles of schools, business and industry, higher and adult education. Using concrete examples of learning communities that are adapting for the future, it describes the conditions which lifelong learning can accelerate as an agent for change. Case studies include Sunderland University (bringing learning to the people), Kent (a learning region) Göteborg (a learning city) and Scotland (a learning nation).