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Lifelong learning: conceptualizations in European educational policy documents
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Over recent years, lifelong learning has been a central and guiding principle in the
formulation of European educational policies. Within this general framework, the authors have been
developing a research project that allows them to approach the theme of lifelong learning and
European educational policies, taking into account four levels of analysis, namely: the supranational, the
national, the institutional and, finally, the individual level of analysis. This methodological strategy
reflects a theoretical understanding of policy as the result of the actions of a diversity of actors at
different levels. This article focuses on the supranational level of analysis, drawing on data from an
analysis of European educational policy documents. First, the authors clarify the methodological issues
raised by the research findings presented. Second, they discuss the results concerning the process of
definition of European educational policies. Third, the authors briefly revisit the evolution of the idea
of lifelong learning and discuss the results regarding its plurality of meanings and conceptualizations
within the documents considered for analysis.
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European Educational Research Journal, 9(3), 1-11 Doi: 10.2304/eerj.2010.9.3.332
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Symposium Journals Ltd