Permanent Education, a Reality of the Information Society

• Main Author: Cristina Popescu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Bucharest 2011-01-01
• Series: Studii de Biblioteconomie şi Ştiinţa Informării
• Subjects: permanent education; study and learning; education-goals and objectives; education-self-learning
• Online Access: http://www.lisr.ro/en15-popescucr.pdf

The intellectual activity, as an essential element of the informational culture, is not characterized by a „scientific disorder”, it imposes organization and rigorousness, and the abilities acquiesced in this process are considered the key factor of a life-long training. This is the first step in achieving the educational targets. During their whole lifetime, people should develop their informational aptitudes acquired during the undergraduate age. Using their creative and professional competency and with the support of integrate programmes, experts in information sciences ought to actively contribute to the educational process, offering help to students in their aspirations of accumulating, developping and cultivating their skills and faculties, their knowledge and values necessary to continue their education during the entire life.