This paper summarises the characteristics lifelong learners might be expected to develop as outcomes of their schooling, and aligns these characteristics with the sorts of teaching practices that could develop them. Student data from the Curriculum Innovation Projects suggests that there is some way to go to achieve changes in practice intended to foster lifelong learning goals.
Paper presented at the NZARE conference, University of Otago, Dunedin, 6 – 9 December 2005.