Estonia on the backdrop of the European Union states: country-specific institutional context and lifelong learning

• Authors: Ellu Saar , Jelena Helemäe
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper focuses on how the institutional design of education systems shapes opportunities for lifelong learning. Our main aim is to reveal to what extent Estonia, as a new member state, is a specific case for the EU. We expect the Estonian case to diverge from the patterns of links, between education systems and participation in non-formal education, predicted by the theories and characteristics of the old EU member-states. The authors use aggregate data about participation in non-formal learning in a number of European Union countries, based on an ad hoc module included in the EU Labour Force Survey 2003.

Keywords

EN

non-formal education; education and training system; training gap

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Studies for the Learning Society
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 7-17

Dates

published

2008-01-01

online

2012-06-04

Contributors

author

Ellu Saar

• Tallinn University, Estonia

author

Jelena Helemäe

• Tallinn University, Estonia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10240-012-0014-1