In many countries, schools, universities and other traditional learning institutions are not providing for the educational needs of all members of the community. In many communities, particularly in regional, rural and disadvantaged areas, there are only limited options for people to undertake learning. Limited participation in learning has the danger of reinforcing people's alienation from mainstream education and from participation and inclusion in social institutions and economic and community life more generally. This book addresses the challenge of identifying effective ways of accommodating the learning needs of all people and in so doing achieving the goals of lifelong learning for all.

Provides the reader with a range of cross-national conceptual, analytical and empirical studies of lifelong learning, participation and equity Clarifies conceptual, policy and practical issues relevant to the relationship between lifelong learning, participation and equity Examines the role of government and other agencies in the community in enhancing the provision of learning and in fostering participation and equity Examines the most effective ways in which learning opportunities can be provided for all people, particularly for those people in regional, rural or disadvantaged communities who have not experienced success in mainstream education

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Education and Equity: Perspectives From OECD.- Ethical Issues in Lifelong Learning and Education.- Participation in Learning: Why, What, Where and How do People Learn?.- Attracting New Groups into Learning: Lessons from Research in England.- Together for a Change: A Partnership Approach to Individual and Community Learning.- Lifelong Learning for All: The Challenge to Adults and Communities.- Older Learners and Engagement with the Labour Market.- Overcoming Barriers that Impede Participation in Lifelong Learning.- Men's Learning in Small and Remote Towns in Australia.- The Generation In-Between: The Participation of Generation X in Lifelong Learning.- Youth Transitions to Work and Further Education in Australia.- Schools And Lifelong Learners.- Lifelong Learning: Helping Address Disadvantage Through Community-Based Learning Projects.- Lifelong Learning and the Arts: The Arts are not the Flowers, But the Roots of Education.- Lifelong Learning, Family Learning and Equity.- An Analysys of Problems, Issues and Trends in the Provision of Liflong Learning: Lessons Learned.