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UNESCO’s Utopia of Lifelong Learning With a focus on lifelong learning, this book examines the shifts that UNESCO’s educational concepts have undergone in reaction to historical pressures and dilemmas since the founding of the organization in 1945. The tensions between UNESCO’s humanistic worldview and the pressures placed on the organization have forced UNESCO to depart from its uto- pian vision of lifelong learning, while still claiming continuity. Elfert inter- prets the history of lifelong learning in UNESCO as part of a much bigger story of a struggle of ideologies between a humanistic-emancipatory and an economistic-technocratic worldview. With a close study of UNESCO’s two education flagship reports, the Faure and Delors Reports, Elfert sheds light on the global impact of UNESCO’s professed humanistic goals and its shift- ing influence on lifelong learning around the world. Maren Elfert is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Global Citizenship Education and Research in the Department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Alberta, Canada. Routledge Research in Lifelong Learning and Adult Education Books in this series Learning Trajectories, Violence and Empowerment amongst Adult Basic Skills Learners Vicky Duckworth Vocational Education of Female Entrepreneurs in China A multitheoretical and multidimensional analysis of successful businesswomen’s everyday lives Mary Ann Maslak Life and Learning of Korean Artists and Craftsmen Rhizoactivity Dae Joong Kang Enhancing the Wellbeing and Wisdom of Older Learners A co-research paradigm Tess Maginess Global Networks, Local Actions Rethinking adult education policy in the 21st century Marcella Milana UNESCO’s Utopia of Lifelong Learning An intellectual history Maren Elfert UNESCO’s Utopia of Lifelong Learning An Intellectual History Maren Elfert First published 2018 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 and by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2018 Taylor & Francis The right of Maren Elfert to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book has been requested ISBN: 978-1-138-24252-4 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-27813-1 (ebk) Typeset in Sabon by Apex CoVantage, LLC To my husband, Yvon Laberge, and my father, Heino Elfert Contents List of Abbreviations ix Acknowledgements xi 1 Introduction 1 2 UNESCO’s Humanism: The Challenge of “Unity in Diversity” 15 3 UNESCO’s Early Years: Human Rights, High Hopes and Harsh Realities 45 4 Éducation Permanente and the “Crisis of Education” 81 5 Learning to Be: The Faure Report 111 6 The Delors Report and the 1990s 153 7 The Struggle of Ideologies 203 Index 247 Abbreviations ADG Assistant Director-General AUREFA Associations universitaires régionales d’éducation et de formation des adultes CAME Conference of Allied Ministers of Education CERI Centre for Educational Research and Innovation CONFINTEA International Conference on Adult Education (Conférence internationale sur l’éducation des adultes) CUCES Centre universitaire de coopération économique et sociale DFID Department for International Development (United Kingdom) DG Director-General EC European Commission ECOSOC Economic and Social Council (of the United Nations) EFA Education for All EFD Educational Financing Division ERT European Roundtable of Industrialists EU European Union EWLP Experimental World Literacy Programme FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FTI Fast-Track-Initiative (World Bank) IBE International Bureau of Education IIEP International Institute for Educational Planning IIIC International Institute for Intellectual Cooperation ILO International Labour Organization IMF International Monetary Fund INFA Institut national pour la formation des adultes IR International relations IWGE International Working Group on Education NGO Non-governmental organization NIEO New International Economic Order NWICO New World Information and Communication Order OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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