Author: Flora Macleod and Paul Lambe
Pages: 24
Year: 2006
Source: Learning Lives
The question of who participates in formal adult education or training is an important one, not least because adult education is seen as a ‘second chance’ educational opportunity and the means through which social mobility may be achieved. In this paper we examine the extent and distribution over time of participation in formal part-time education or training in relation to the four UK nations, class, gender, place of learning, age and disability. By showing variances in participation probabilities, both temporal and spatial, we highlight patterns and trends as means of providing a backdrop for critically considering lifelong learning policies and practices within the UK and, separately, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Web link: http://www.learninglives.org/papers/working_papers/Working_p
aper_2_Exeter_survey_June_06.pdf
