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From the Margins to the Mainstream and Back Again: A Comparison of Lifelong Learning in South Korea and the United States

Authors

• • In Tak Kwon
  • Chonbuk Naitonal University
• • Fred M. Schied
  • Penn State University

Abstract

This paper compares the development of lifelong learning in South Korea and the United States. The paper examines how and why lifelong learning has achieved mainstream status in Korea while remaining on the margins in the US.

Keywords: lifelong learning, Korea, United States, policy

How to Cite: Kwon, I. T. & Schied, F. M. (2008) “From the Margins to the Mainstream and Back Again: A Comparison of Lifelong Learning in South Korea and the United States”, Adult Education Research Conference. 1(2008).