Life Long Learning

Have you ever heard about Life Long Learning?

The concept of Life Long Learning comes from the beginning of 20th century, but only at the turn of the next century it became popularized by UNESCO as a significant element strengthening the economies and indentifying people with the knowledge society concept. In the process of learning and while getting the abilities to use the knowledge, people, and then society become more aware, competent and eager to change. Life Long Education concerns giving the education a significant range, popularizing knowledge, investing in science (Lisbon strategy from 2000), which is defined as all activities connected with learning through the whole life, improving the level of knowledge, abilities and competences in a personal, civil, social and professional perspective. Human development proceeds on the individual level, with specific stages and referring to the one’s environment. This second aspect sometimes has an influence on a slowdown or acceleration of the individual development, which is connected with many changes (sometimes unexpected) in many human development areas. Nowadays, we can surely expect experiencing many changes, life becomes more and more dynamic, professions become mobile, new professional areas come up, while others disappear. The individual is in the process of many changes which demand becoming accustomed to. People, who are stimulated to adaptation or they get accustomed to the new conditions by themselves, enlarge their chances for professional and personal success and limit future exclusion of professional and personal area.