Adult Lifelong Learning Participation: Definitions and Contexts

Abstract

This first chapter will introduce the reader to the rationale of why I have written an entire book around the notion of participation in adult lifelong learning activities. I will refer to the importance of lifelong learning and will provide background information regarding the policy context in which participation debates have been shaped over the previous decades. I will do this by referring to the work of leading organisations in the field, such as the European Commission, the OECD and UNESCO.