Title: Lifelong learning or lifelong yearnings: a new design for teaching and learning

Authors: K.K. Patra

Addresses: Rourkela Institute of Management Studies, Institutional Area, Gopabandhu Nagar, Chhend, Rourkela 769015, Orissa, India

Abstract: This paper briefly discusses the historical development of lifelong learning and poses questions as to its managerial applicability in daily practice. It also identifies the various alternative paradigms of renewing the teacher|s education, curriculum etc. for structural changes in educational systems. It is the management of pedagogy often accomplished through distance learning, e-learning, continuing education, home schooling, correspondence courses and post-graduate courses. Lifelong learning and lifelong yearnings are very important to one|s sense of youthfulness and vitality. It is a process which involves receiving technical information or developing skills to move beyond rhetoric and become a reality.

Keywords: lifelong learning; paradigms; curriculum design; education management; pedagogy; e-learning; electronic learning; teaching; teacher education; distance learning; continuing education; home schooling; correspondence courses; postgraduate education; self esteem; developing skills; technical information.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2010.030874

International Journal of Management in Education, 2010 Vol.4 No.2, pp.173 - 184

Published online: 11 Jan 2010 *

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