ABSTRACT
The previous chapter focused on different discourses of change as they have been deployed to support an interest in lifelong learning and a learning society. It was suggested that the provision of lifelong learning opportunities for adults is viewed primarily as a mechanism to service changes going on elsewhere in the economy and social formation. In this chapter, the focus will be more specifically on the changes to which discourses of adult education, training and lifelong learning have been subject, and some of the consequences of those changes. However, as I have suggested, conceptualising changes in discourses in conditions of unpredictable change represents a challenge in itself.
