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The argument of this chapter will be that the concept of lifelong learning (as opposed to the rather ill-favored phrase itself) has a long and honourable history and should be actively promoted. However, this is on the important assumption that the concept is interpreted in such a way as to imply self-fulfillment through education, rather than in a narrowly utilitarian way that looks through an economic lens and sees no further than skills and training.
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Barrow, R., Keeney, P. (2001). Lifelong Learning and Personal Fulfillment. In: Aspin, D., Chapman, J., Hatton, M., Sawano, Y. (eds) International Handbook of Lifelong Learning. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0916-4_3
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