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In this chapter we have proposed a set of agenda for schools and school leaders, arising from the notion of lifelong learning and acknowledging the importance of schools as core centres for learning in the community, having a key function in the provision of an enduring basis for learning throughout people’s lives. We argue that the aims of this undertaking may be realised through: The provision of educational opportunities throughout life that adhere to such principles and policy objectives as economic efficiency and advance; social justice, social inclusion and democratic participation; and personal growth and fulfilment.
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This is a revised and updated version of the chapter ‘Schools and the Learning Community: Laying the Basis for Learning across the Lifespan’ published in the first edition of The International Handbook of Lifelong Learning.
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Chapman, J.D., Aspin, D.N. (2012). Schools and Lifelong Learning: The Importance of Schools as Core Centres for Learning in the Community. In: Aspin, D., Chapman, J., Evans, K., Bagnall, R. (eds) Second International Handbook of Lifelong Learning. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2360-3_31
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