Lifelong learning and connected-up development: insights from South Africa

Abstract

Lifelong learning through the four major stages of people’s development (Schuller and Watson 2009) embodies the need for integrated, connected-up approaches to development. I will reference briefly three examples in action of connected-up approaches to development from South Africa which are examples of national, regional and institutional approaches to lifelong learning. They are: the National Qualifications Framework, the Learning Cape, and the University of Western Cape. I will start with highlighting the social purposes of lifelong learning and the socio-economic and political context, both of which frame the discussion.

Description

UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning

Keywords

Lifelong learning, Development, University of the Western Cape, National Qualification Framework, South Africa

Citation

Walters S. (2011) “Lifelong learning and connected-up development: insights from South Africa” in Jin Yang and Raul Valdes-Cotera (Eds) CONCEPTUAL EVOLUTION AND POLICY DEVELOPMENTS IN LIFELONG LEARNING, Hamburg, Unesco Institute for Lifelong Learning pp 114-119