Part 1: Introduction 1. Lifelong Education: Concept and Aim 2. The Meaning of Life and the Meaning of History in Some Contemporary Cultures Part 2: The Economic and the Technological Dynamics 3. International Division of Labour, Educational Policies and a New International Order 4. Mobility of Labour, Technological Changes and the Right to Work 5. Living Without Wages 6. Youth and Adult Workers' Education Part 3: The Search For and the Importance of Culture 7. Culture in the City, Rural Environment and Community Development 8. Migration and Creativities 9. Emerging Cultural and Educational Needs Part 4: Educational Trends and Issues: Examples of Action, Co-operation and Conflict 10. Towards a New Educational Order: Encounters and Confrontation in Education 11. Intercultural Co-Operation in Higher Education 12. The Human Sciences and North-South Relations 13. The Educational Implications of Recent Scientific, Technological and Cultural Exchanges Between Japan and China 14. A Personal International Experience 15. Creative Struggles for Development 16. Lifelong Education: Opportunities and Obstacles