Life-long Education: A Modest Model for Planning and Research.

The article discusses the six possible groupings that may contribute to conceptualization of life-long education. The type I category is highly structured and rigid educational institutions and programs with a highly perspective content. The type II is highly structured prescriptive educational activities but with long-term goals involving a degree of flexibility in organization and program. The type III is moderately structured educational activities and institutions usually consisting of formal courses and seminars directed toward prescriptive learning goals. The type IV is loosely structured educational services which seek to find and influence people with a fairly prescriptive message and content. The type V is participant-governed groups in which people elect to join in activities with others of similar interests. Lastly, the type VI provides a broad range of informational and educational media from which people select according to their interests.