Reflecting From the Front Line: Research on Lifelong Learning and Policies for Well-Being

Citation

Field J (2009) Reflecting From the Front Line: Research on Lifelong Learning and Policies for Well-Being. In: Education-line Database. 39th Annual SCUTREA conference, University of Cambridge, UK, 07.07.2009-09.07.2009. Leeds: University of Leeds. http://www.leeds.ac.uk/bei/COLN/COLN_default.html

Abstract
The paper provides an account of the interface between policy and research on lifelong learning as experienced in a recent UK Foresight exercise. In 2008, the UK Government Office for Science published a lengthy report on what it called mental capital and well-being. Commissioned as part of the Foresight process – intended to help government anticipate emerging and urgent future developments - the report outlined a number of interventions that could be taken in the short to medium term in order to improve mental capital and well-being over the longer term. The paper concludes with reflections on the challenges and limitations of the researcher's role in policy development.

Keywords
Education policy; Lifelong learning; Well-being; Education research; Adult education Great Britain

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