L'apprentissage tout au long de la vie bénéficie d'un large consensus politique : il est reconnu comme indispensable à la poursuite du progrès économique et au maintien de la cohésion sociale dans la « nouvelle économie ». Mais la concrétisation de cet objectif peut se révéler...

This volume of PISA 2009 results examines how human, financial and material resources, and education policies and practices shape learning outcomes. Following an introduction to PISA and a Reader's Guide explaining how to interpret the data, Chapter 1 presents a summary of features shared by...

There is broad political support for lifelong learning because it is so vital to sustained economic progress and social cohesion in the "new economy". But its implementation is potentially costly and depends on making the learning process more cost-effective and on securing financial and in-kind...