Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-229) and index.

Lifelong learning in the social context -- Human learning within a structural context -- Human learning within a global context -- Outcomes of the globalisation process -- The information and the knowledge society -- The learning society -- Lifelong learning -- Life-wide learning -- Participants in lifelong learning : teachers and students -- The changing nature of research -- Policies, practices and functions -- The need for the learning society and lifelong learning.