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Continuing Professional Development and the Triadic Conception of Lifelong Learning

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The discourse on lifelong learning has emerged in a wide range of contexts and debates, including interventions around social exclusion, urban and rural policy formations, public health issues, discussions of multiculturalism, concerns about environmental conservation and programmes focused on economic growth as well as in the area of concern in this chapter, namely professional development.

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Leicester, M. (2012). Continuing Professional Development and the Triadic Conception of Lifelong Learning. 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_9

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