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Continuing Education and Training: Purposes, Practices and Futures

Professional and Practice-based Learning
Journal · Vol. 36 · pp. 1-242
Abstract

This book elaborates on the project of continuing education and training (CET), its purposes, practices and prospects for future models and approaches. As such, it also seeks to elaborate the needs for a means by which this important educational sector can achieve its goals both now, and in the near future. Often seen as a supplementary or additional educational sector, CET is gaining increased relevance and importance given the need for individuals to remain employable across lengthening working lives, enterprises needing to maintain their viability and nation states requiring skilled workforces to deliver the goods and services they require. Drawing upon an extensive review of literature and grounded in a national multi-phased investigation of how CET is currently provided, might be enhanced and envisaged for the future, this book provides both clear premises for proceeding with this important educational sector in an era of growing concerns about the currency of workforce capacities, and sustaining employability across lengthening working lives. It also provides advice on how its goals can be achieved drawing upon evidence from this investigation, and associated literature from the broader field. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024.

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employability lifelong learning Tertiary education work integrated learning adult learners Accessibility Lifelong education working life continuing education and training Adult Educators Educational Provisions Post Compulsory Education Professional Development Adult education Tertiary Educators Work Integrated Education Working Age Adults

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School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Republic Polytechnic, Singapore City, Singapore
Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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