Lifelong learning policy in Europe: EU, Scotland, Denmark and Serbia Cover Image

Politika doživotnog učenja u Evropi: EU, Škotska, Danska i Srbija
Lifelong learning policy in Europe: EU, Scotland, Denmark and Serbia

Author(s): Maja Maksimović
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Adult Education
Published by: JU ‘’Bosanski kulturni centar Kantona Sarajevo’’
Keywords: lifelong learning strategies; European Union; models of policy making;

Summary/Abstract: The goal of this paper is to point out to similarities and differences between goals in lifelong learning and adult education strategies of Scotland, Denmark and Serbia in the European Union context. The new direction of comparative research is headed towards multilayer units of analysis that include global, international and micro level of comparison and thus place the accent to chronological analysis of European Union as a supranational creator of educational policies. Results of the analysis have shown that when we look at the policy as a discourse and not as a practice, goals in the strategies are quite aligned and compatible with EU documents related to lifelong learning. Significant differences between goals, besides socio-economic characteristic of the states and their relationship towards EU, are mainly derived from different models of creation and management of educational policies.

  • Issue Year: XI/2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 101-124
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Serbian