Dimension
Traditional model
Lifelong learning model
Scope
Formal schooling from
primary to higher education
Learning throughout the
lifecycle - in schools, on the
job, after retirement
Content
Acquisition and repetition
Creation, acquisition, and of
knowledge and application
of knowledge
Curriculum driven
Diverse sources of
knowledge
Empowerment of learners
Competency driven
Delivery
Limited learning options and
modalities
Multitude of learning
options, settings, and
modalities
Formal institutions
Multitude of learning
Uniform centralised control
New pedagogical
approaches
Supply driven
Technology-supported
delivery
Pluralistic, flexible
decentralised system
Learner driven
Table 1: Scope, Content, and Delivery of Education and Training in Traditional and Lifelong
Learning Models.
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The World Bank (ed.): Lifelong Learning in the Global Knowledge Economy: Challenges of Developing
countries. – Washington, D.C., 2003, p. 58.
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