Leona M. English is Professor and Chair of the Department of Adult Education at St. Francis Xavier University, Canada. She is former co-editor of Adult Education Quarterly and former President of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education. Her previous publications include Learning with Adults (Springer, 2012), co-authored with Peter Mayo, winner of the Cyril O. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education.Peter Mayo is Professor of Arts, Open Communities, and Adult Education at the University of Malta. In addition to Learning with Adults, he has written and edited more than one hundred journal articles and book chapters and twenty-four books. He also edits the series Postcolonial Studies in Education.

• 1. Introduction - Lifelong Learning: The Serpent Under the Innocent Flower?.- 2. From Lifelong Education to Lifelong Learning: Reneging on the Social Contract.- 3. Ettore Gelpi and Lifelong Education.- 4. Global and National LLL Interactions.- 5. LLL: A Gendered and Intersectoral Approach.- 6. Paulo Freire and the Debate on Lifelong Learning (LLL).- 7. LLL Challenges: Responding to Migration and the Sustainable Development Goals.- 8. LLL In A Time of Corona.

“This book presents several brilliant, counter-hegemonic ideas on numerous topics focussing on the evolution of education policies in a neoliberal world which is facing social and environmental challenges as never before. … I would recommend it to students in this field … . People who are interested in how education can herald social justice, sustainability, and create communities … will get numerous insights into the struggles of practitioners and researchers who are out to achieve precisely… .” (Brigitte Goodman, Erziehungswissenschaftliche Revue - EWR, klinkhardt.de, Vol. 21 (4), October, 2022)“A valuable contribution to the scholarly literature on lifelong learning … . The book is a treasure trove in the sense that it gives a very good overview of writers and theorists who have engaged with the concept of lifelong learning in its broadest sense … . The book provides its readers with the opportunity to revisit the rich history of lifelong learning, which holds many lessons for us to make the world a better place.” (Maren Elfert, International Review of Education, Vol. 67, 2021)

Leona M. English is Professor and Chair of the Department of Adult Education at St. Francis Xavier University, Canada. She is former co-editor of Adult Education Quarterly and former President of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education. Her previous publications include Learning with Adults (Springer, 2012), co-authored with Peter Mayo, winner of the Cyril O. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education.Peter Mayo is Professor of Arts, Open Communities, and Adult Education at the University of Malta. In addition to Learning with Adults, he has written and edited more than one hundred journal articles and book chapters and twenty-four books. He also edits the series Postcolonial Studies in Education.

• 1. Introduction - Lifelong Learning: The Serpent Under the Innocent Flower?.- 2. From Lifelong Education to Lifelong Learning: Reneging on the Social Contract.- 3. Ettore Gelpi and Lifelong Education.- 4. Global and National LLL Interactions.- 5. LLL: A Gendered and Intersectoral Approach.- 6. Paulo Freire and the Debate on Lifelong Learning (LLL).- 7. LLL Challenges: Responding to Migration and the Sustainable Development Goals.- 8. LLL In A Time of Corona.

“This book presents several brilliant, counter-hegemonic ideas on numerous topics focussing on the evolution of education policies in a neoliberal world which is facing social and environmental challenges as never before. … I would recommend it to students in this field … . People who are interested in how education can herald social justice, sustainability, and create communities … will get numerous insights into the struggles of practitioners and researchers who are out to achieve precisely… .” (Brigitte Goodman, Erziehungswissenschaftliche Revue - EWR, klinkhardt.de, Vol. 21 (4), October, 2022)“A valuable contribution to the scholarly literature on lifelong learning … . The book is a treasure trove in the sense that it gives a very good overview of writers and theorists who have engaged with the concept of lifelong learning in its broadest sense … . The book provides its readers with the opportunity to revisit the rich history of lifelong learning, which holds many lessons for us to make the world a better place.” (Maren Elfert, International Review of Education, Vol. 67, 2021)

Leona M. English is Professor and Chair of the Department of Adult Education at St. Francis Xavier University, Canada. She is former co-editor of Adult Education Quarterly and former President of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education. Her previous publications include Learning with Adults (Springer, 2012), co-authored with Peter Mayo, winner of the Cyril O. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education.Peter Mayo is Professor of Arts, Open Communities, and Adult Education at the University of Malta. In addition to Learning with Adults, he has written and edited more than one hundred journal articles and book chapters and twenty-four books. He also edits the series Postcolonial Studies in Education.

• 1. Introduction - Lifelong Learning: The Serpent Under the Innocent Flower?.- 2. From Lifelong Education to Lifelong Learning: Reneging on the Social Contract.- 3. Ettore Gelpi and Lifelong Education.- 4. Global and National LLL Interactions.- 5. LLL: A Gendered and Intersectoral Approach.- 6. Paulo Freire and the Debate on Lifelong Learning (LLL).- 7. LLL Challenges: Responding to Migration and the Sustainable Development Goals.- 8. LLL In A Time of Corona.

“This book presents several brilliant, counter-hegemonic ideas on numerous topics focussing on the evolution of education policies in a neoliberal world which is facing social and environmental challenges as never before. … I would recommend it to students in this field … . People who are interested in how education can herald social justice, sustainability, and create communities … will get numerous insights into the struggles of practitioners and researchers who are out to achieve precisely… .” (Brigitte Goodman, Erziehungswissenschaftliche Revue - EWR, klinkhardt.de, Vol. 21 (4), October, 2022)“A valuable contribution to the scholarly literature on lifelong learning … . The book is a treasure trove in the sense that it gives a very good overview of writers and theorists who have engaged with the concept of lifelong learning in its broadest sense … . The book provides its readers with the opportunity to revisit the rich history of lifelong learning, which holds many lessons for us to make the world a better place.” (Maren Elfert, International Review of Education, Vol. 67, 2021)