Abstract

NATAL, Ana Paula  and  ALVES, Mariana Gaio. Lifelong learning policies implemented in Portugal: Controversies in the public sphere around Iniciativa Novas Oportunidades (2005-2013). Rev. Port. de Educação [online]. 2016, vol.29, n.1, pp.121-153. ISSN 0871-9187.  https://doi.org/10.21814/rpe.7434.

This article seeks to contribute to a deeper understanding of the policies pursued in Portugal, since 2005, around the idea of lifelong learning, which was considered by the various Member States of the European Union as the best way to meet the Lisbon Strategy. Within this framework, a considerable prominence of the measures and results associated with the Iniciativa Novas Oportunidades (New Opportunities Initiative) - a program designed to raise the Portuguese population's level of qualifications to the secondary-school level - was identified in the media. Taking as object of study the texts published in three national newspapers - Expresso, Público and Correio da Manhã - in the period between 2005 and 2013, and using discourse analysis, we analysed how the policy on adult education within the Iniciativa Novas Oportunidades was interpreted in the Portuguese newspapers. We have found a diversity of perspectives and interests at stake, showing the strong impact that the adult education had in the media, the critical points of this policy and challenges to be faced within lifelong learning.

Keywords : Lifelong learning; Iniciativa Novas Oportunidades/New Opportunities Initiative; Media; Adult education policies.

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