HOW TO ACHIEVE A LEARNING SOCIETY

U radu se problematiziraju koncepti «društva koje uči» i «društva znanja» te njihova uporaba u znanstvenom i političkom diskursu. Prikazuju se gospodarski, politički i kulturni ciljevi obrazovanja i njihova veza s društvenim razvojem i kvalitetom života. Posebna pozornost se posvećuje problemu transpozicije znanstvenih spoznaja o cjeloživotnom učenju u prosvjetnu politiku koja pretendira pridonositi razvoju društva znanja. Prikazuje se finsko obrazovno iskustvo u razvoju društva znanja koje je poučno za zemlje koje su proklamirale društvo znanja kao strategiju društvenog razvoja. Krugu tih zemalja pripada i Hrvatska.This paper discusses the concepts of “learning society” and “knowledge society” and their use in scientific and political discourse. The economic, political, and cultural aims of education and their relations to social development and quality of life are also considered. Special attention is paid to the problem of the transposition of scientific understandings about lifelong learning into educational policy which strives to contribute to the development of the knowledge society. The Finnish educational experience in developing a knowledge society is shown, which is instructive for countries which have proclaimed the knowledge society as their social development strategy. Croatia belongs to this circle of countries