DYL: life long learning as a living practice

In this month’s Design Your Life meetup, we will explore lifelong learning as a flexible and context dependent practice shaped by vocational, liberal, and political goals. Our discussion will be based on the paper Philosophical Perspectives on Lifelong Learning https://tinyurl.com/27yvkxk3 by three professors, which argues that philosophy must move beyond abstract ideas to engage with the real experiences of education.

We will focus on the “practical philosophy” aspects of their paper, which combine clear thinking with the applied methods of engineering and economics. This approach encourages educators to turn learner needs into structured, testable plans while balancing the interests of all stakeholders through adaptive, evidence-based recommendations. This perspective restores context and meaning to educational theory, reminding us that lifelong learning should ultimately serve human growth and social good rather than institutional convenience.
While it would be preferable, you do not need to read the paper to join the discussion.

Philosophical Perspectives on Lifelong Learning: Insights from Education, Engineering, and Economics
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fw3eXz7qfFx8loYux1u8lWlW1sBdnPot/view?usp=sharing