Continuing education, lifelong education and lifelong learning: conceptual coincidences and divergencies

Continuing education (CE), lifelong education (LLE) and lifelong learning (LLL) are concepts that are often used in an undifferentiated way to refer to learning experiences that happen in a continued way. These concepts share characteristics and attributes that bring them together conceptually. Howe...

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Autores: Ochoa Gutiérrez, Roberto, Balderas Gutiérrez, Karime Elizabeth
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Ecuador
Institución:Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
Repositorio:Revista Andina de Educación
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/2733
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/ree/article/view/2733
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Lifelong learning
Lifelong learning, Continuous learning
Aprendizaje a lo largo de la vida
Aprendizaje continuado
Conceptualización
Educación continua
Educación permanente
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Sumario:Continuing education (CE), lifelong education (LLE) and lifelong learning (LLL) are concepts that are often used in an undifferentiated way to refer to learning experiences that happen in a continued way. These concepts share characteristics and attributes that bring them together conceptually. However, each of them is determined by a series of historical and representational conditions that make them unique. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze each term to recognize their philosophical, semantic, technical and operational coincidences and differences. Regarding the methodology, it is a qualitative research following a documentary approach. 21 indexed articles from Redalyc, Scielo and ERIC repositories were processed, in these articles the concepts of CE, LLE and LLL are defined or explained in depth. The categories of analysis were historical origin of the concept, conceptual construction, integration, potential, obligation, learning content, development of autonomy, temporality, spatiality, role of the learner and objectives of each learning scheme. It was found that there are a series of similarities such as the idea of continuity and professional development. Regarding the differences, the most relevant were the synchronicity and diachrony of the learning moments, as well as their intentionality and the actors involved.