Transnational Migration and Lifelong Learning

Shibao Guo is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Calgary, Canada. He is an affiliated researcher with the Prairie Metropolis Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration, Integration, and Diversity (MPC). His research interests include citizenship and immigration, lifelong learning, social justice and equity in education, and comparative and international education. His recent works have appeared in the Journal of International Migration and Integration, Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, Canadian Journal of Higher Education, Convergence, and Frontiers of Education in China. He was the co-president of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (2009-2011) and is currently an executive member of the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association.

• 1. Introduction Shibao Guo 2. Lifelong learning in the age of transnational migration: emerging trends and challenges Shibao Guo 3. Lifelong learning as ideological practice: an analysis from the perspective of immigrant women in Canada Roxana Ng and Hongxia Shan 4. Moving across borders: immigrant women’s encounters with globalization, the knowledge economy and lifelong learning Tara Gibb and Evelyn Hamdon 5. Mobility of knowledge as a recognition challenge: experiences from Sweden Per Andersson and Andreas Fejes 6. Transnational migration, social capital, and lifelong learning in the USA Mary V. Alfred 7. Learning through social spaces: migrant women and lifelong learning in post-colonial London Sue Jackson 8. Beyond deficit paradigms: exploring informal learning of immigrant parents Yan Guo 9. A changed context of lifelong learning under the influence of migration: South Korea Jin-Hee Kim 10. Conclusion: toward transnational lifelong learning for recognitive justice and inclusive citizenship Shibao Guo