THE CONCEPT OF "LIFELONG EDUCATION" (LE) INCLUDED IN THE ARTICLE 25 OF Nº 10.741 STATUTE

Abstract

This paper examines the concept of "Lifelong Education" (LE) included in the article 25 of Law Nº 10.741, of October 1st, 2003 (Statute of the Elderly). It approaches the normative history of the right to education of the elderly in the national context, in order to examine the content of Law No. 8.842, of January 4th, 1994 (National Policy for the Elderly) and of the Statute of the Elderly in the context of the subject under analysis. Furthermore, the meaning and the scope of the concept of "Lifelong Learning" (ELV) are discussed in order to understand the scope of intersection and/or divergence between this concept and the notions of "Permanent Education" (PE) and "Lifelong Learning" (LL). This article also points out the interpretative referential pertinent to the bias of Lifelong Education in Popular Education’s Perspective. Finally, the right to lifelong education is analyzed in the perspective recently inscribed in the Statute of the Elderly, considering the legislative process which recognized the right to education and lifelong learning as a basic principle of education the guarantee of the right to education and of lifelong learning was recognized as a basic principle of education.This paper examines the concept of "Lifelong Education" (LE) included in the article 25 of Law Nº 10.741, of October 1st, 2003 (Statute of the Elderly). It approaches the normative history of the right to education of the elderly in the national context, in order to examine the content of Law No. 8.842, of January 4th, 1994 (National Policy for the Elderly) and of the Statute of the Elderly in the context of the subject under analysis. Furthermore, the meaning and the scope of the concept of "Lifelong Learning" (ELV) are discussed in order to understand the scope of intersection and/or divergence between this concept and the notions of "Permanent Education" (PE) and "Lifelong Learning" (LL). This article also points out the interpretative referential pertinent to the bias of Lifelong Education in Popular Education’s Perspective. Finally, the right to lifelong education is analyzed in the perspective recently inscribed in the Statute of the Elderly, considering the legislative process which recognized the right to education and lifelong learning as a basic principle of education the guarantee of the right to education and of lifelong learning was recognized as a basic principle of education.