Moving on? Speed, flow and the liquefaction of lifelong learning
Book chapter
Beighton, C. 2016. Moving on? Speed, flow and the liquefaction of lifelong learning. in: Panitsides, E. and Talbot, J. (ed.) Lifelong Learning: Concepts, Benefits and Challenges USA Nova Science Publishers.
Authors | Beighton, C. |
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Editors | Panitsides, E. and Talbot, J. |
Abstract | Lifelong learning is moving on from the recession, and this paper draws on the ideas of speed-theorist Paul Virilio to consider the implications of recent developments as the area recovers from the global downturn. With a focus on change agents I examine new discourses and new expectations in the United Kingdom: no longer concerned with “learning to be” or even “learning to do”, post-austerity, globalized lifelong learning now consists of “learning to move”. To embed this ontology of speed, the language of industrial processes, flow and liquid management presents acceleration in learning as a teleological phenomenon. Recent developments in the UK show how this new order’s search to be unavoidable and unassailable risks limiting lifelong learning to a closed circuit of habitual repetition. With little time left for the creative potential of lifelong learners themselves, should lifelong learning be moving on? |
Keywords | Lifelong learning; Virilio; speed; mobility |
Year | 2016 |
Book title | Lifelong Learning: Concepts, Benefits and Challenges |
Publisher | Nova Science Publishers |
Output status | Published |
Place of publication | USA |
Series | Education in a Competitive and Globalizing World |
ISBN | 9781634846172 |
Publication dates | |
31 Mar 2016 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 13 Apr 2016 |
https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/item/87v0w/moving-on-speed-flow-and-the-liquefaction-of-lifelong-learning
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