The Importance Of Lifelong Learning

Louis Menand wrote the article, Live and Learn, in which he talks about his experience teaching college students as well as the many questions some may have about college itself. Menand went from working at a very prestigious Ivy League school, to one that had about 16,000 students with a tremendously busy faculty. Most of the students at his new school were underprivileged, worked every day or had to support their families. When he was asked a question regarding why the students had to purchase a certain textbook for the class, basically Menand came up with the conclusion that, “College is, essentially, a four-year intelligence test.” Later in his article he explains how acceptance rates at certain colleges are decreasing rapidly. He states that anyone with a high school diploma can attend college. Then he starts to discuss the two different theories that schools have made, Theory 1, meritocratic, and the second Theory, democratic. Schools aim to be both of these theories. Theory 1 people worry about very different things than a Theory 2, Theory 1’s worry about how the bachelor’s degree is losing it prestige due to the fact that there are so many people going to college these days, Theory 2 people worry about the competition in the ivy league and top tier schools in the country. Menland also states that although application rates have sky rocketed, some don’t know that not everyone is automatically successful by attending these schools. Parents and students alike don’t

The article lifelong learning: fostering a culture of curiosity by Toni Eaton published in creative nursing, volume 16 goes in to depth to prove how important the idea of lifelong learning is in the workforce especially for an occupation like nursing, in the paper he goes on to describe the reasons we need lifelong learning and the factors that aid it to be so essential like, evidence based learning, and human curiosity.

1.1 Summarise key aspects of legislation, regulatory requirements and codes of practice relating to own role and responsibilities

The contemporary education should rather prepare students to what Brighouse defines as the self-governance that helps students to keep learning independently of educators. Today, people cannot stop progressing and learning anymore. Otherwise, they face the problem of the backwardness that deteriorates their competiveness in the labor market and just drop out of the mainstream culture. Therefore, the development of lifetime learning is the objective necessity and Brighouse gives implications to the importance of the lifetime education. This need derives from changes in human life and society driven by technological progress and other changes that take place in the contemporary world and will take place in the future. Today, the basic education students receive at school or college is not enough anymore since their knowledge and skills will simply become out of date in several years in the

This essay is to demonstrate that I understand my own roles and responsibilities in lifelong learning.

For society in general, this suggest that lifelong learning is obtained as the main strategy in ensuring the future abundance of countries such as the UK since it ensures its vision to build a

1.1 Summarise key aspects of legislation, regulatory requirements and codes of practice relating to own role and responsibilities.

Due to the (1) significance of education for each child on the planet, the (2) existing barriers to education around the world and the fact that (3) education is a lifelong learning process for everyone, this essay argues that it is essential to make sure that everyone in the world gets an education.

Diplomas are not just pop up from nowhere; there are a lot of things needs to be done in order to receive the diplomas. Mary Sherry believes that diplomas are meaningless; because “Passing student who have not mastered the work cheats them and the employers who expect graduates to have basic skills” (Sherry 560). She emphasizes mastering the work. She did not consider that students are not required to master every work they have done in school. They just need to master the skills they will need in the future. For instance, a cashier does not require to master their work on trigonometry; because a cashier only requires basic calculation.

Lifelong learning sector covers adult education (16+) outside universities and takes place in further education colleges, adult and community learning centres, work-bases, libraries, archives and information centres, the forces, NHS, prisons, private colleges. The learners range widely in their ages, interests, abilities, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, etc.

Learning for life is a life outlook where someone decides to seek personal improvement opportunities throughout their entire lifespan. There is always some area of knowledge or technology where additional or new information can be beneficial. Through the use of distance learning, conference attendance, and traditional classroom attendance, the learner can enjoy employment benefits, more pay and even physical benefits making living easier. Becoming a life-long learner can be an experience that improves nearly every aspect of life.

ones who’s been passing along even though they don’t truly understand the materials taught to

Lifelong learning is the continuous building of skills and knowledge throughout the life of an individual. The first characteristic of lifelong learning is that it encompasses both formal and non-formal/informal types of education and training. Formal learning includes the hierarchically structured school system that runs from primary school through the university and organized school-like programs created in business for technical and professional training. Whereas informal learning describes a lifelong process whereby individuals acquire attitudes, values, skills and knowledge from daily experience and the educational influences and resources in his or her environment, from family and neighbors, from work and play,

Most people believe that, learning is done only through formal education and that this process stops once they graduate but this is not true. According to Delors’ (1996) four ‘pillars’ of education for the future, lifelong learning can be defined as one which is done throughout a person’s lifetime. It is adjustable, diverse and attainable all through the various stages of human life. This points out that, learning is not done through formal means only and cannot be avoided as one progresses through life’s various stages (from infancy till death).

1. Understand contexts in which education and training are provided in the lifelong learning sector