Lifelong learning in Japan - a lifeline for a ‘maturing’ society?

International Journal of Lifelong Education

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 297-313

  Wilson, John Dewar ^a,b,c  

^a Dewar Wilson Associates   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

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EID: 0009731758     PISSN: 02601370     EISSN: 1464519X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02601370110048818     Document Type: Article

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