Global Perspectives on Adult Education and Learning Policy

Preface; Tom Nesbit and Marcella Milana

1. Introduction: Global Outlook on Adult Education and Learning Policies; Marcella Milana

PART I

2. Policies for Adult Learning in Scotland; John Field

3. Adult Education and Learning Policy in the Czech Republic; Martin Kopecký and Michal Serák

4. Adult and Continuing Education Policy in the United States of America; Marcella Milana and Lesley McBain

5. Adult Education and Cultural Diversity in Brazil: National Policies and Contributions of Higher Education; Ana Canen

6. Analysis of Policies in Education of Young People and Adults (YAE) in Mexico; Raúl Valdez-Cotera

PART II

7. The State of Adult Education in Botswana in the Twenty-First Century; Idowu Biao and Tonic Maruatona

8. Changing Trends in Adult Education in Ghana: Issues of Policies, Ideology and Learning; Michael Ayitey Tagoe

9. Adult Education in Palestine after the Oslo Accords and Operation Protective Edge; Keith P Hammond

10. Towards a Learning Society: An Analysis of Adult Education Policies and Systems in South Korea; In Tak Kwon

11. Learning the World? - Changing Dimensions of Adult Education and Lifelong Learning in India; Sayantan Mandal

PART III

12. Lifelong Learning for All Adults? A New Concept for UNESCO - Limits and Opportunities for a Changing Inter-Governmental Organisation; Balázs Németh

13. Framing the Adult Learning and Education Policy Discourse: The Role of the OECD; Kjell Rubenson

14. Adult Education at the World Bank: Poor Cousin or Key Stakeholder; Peter Easton and Malaika Samples

15. Towards ''Utilitarian'' Adult Education Perspectives? A Critical Review of the European Union Adult Education Policy; Eugenia A Panitsides

16. The International Council for Adult Education and Adult Learning Policy: Addressing the Gap Between Rhetoric and Practice; Alan Tuckett

17. Conclusion: Global Developments in Adult Education Policy; Tom Nesbit