Report

Learning, continuity and change in adult life

Publication details

Publication date
Series or book
Wider Benefits of Learning Research Reports
Series or chapter number
3
Pages
pp. 1–102
Publisher
Institute of Education: Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning
ISBN
1 898453 34 9

Abstract

This report presents results from extensive fieldwork carried out by the Wider Benefits of Learning research team. It presents an original analytical framework developed specifically for this study, combined with empirical results from 140 in-depth biographical interviews in three different areas of England. The interviews explore the way learning affects people’s health and well-being; their family lives; and their engagement in civic activity. The report addresses these effects at both an individual and collective level. It concludes with a set of significant policy implications.

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