Lifelong Learning Participation: The Need for Integration

Abstract

The previous chapters in this book have explored why adults participate in lifelong learning activities from different viewpoints, based on insights from policy, psychology, sociology, economy and macro level theories. This chapter attempts to integrate the different dis ciplinary theories into an interdisciplinary way of thinking. This chapter will refer to existing theories helping to understand the integration of different levels and will focus specifically on integrative approaches as found in relation to adult lifelong learning participation.