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2. Innovating Teachers' Professional Learning through Digital Technologies. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 237
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Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (France) and Minea-Pic, Andreea
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Digital technologies offer immense potential for transforming teacher learning and the delivery of professional development activities throughout teachers' careers. As the COVID-19 pandemic has made face-to-face professional learning challenging or impossible for teachers to attend in many contexts, online professional learning options for teachers have been receiving renewed attention. This paper puts forward research evidence on the effectiveness of various forms of online learning for teachers and adults, and examines prerequisite conditions for enhancing teacher learning through digital technologies. Teachers' engagement in online learning activities, as captured by OECD surveys, remained limited in many OECD countries before the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper provides a basis for investigating how policies can support teachers' engagement in professional learning using digital technologies and help strike a balance between system-level provision of online teacher professional learning opportunities and the facilitation of teacher-led initiatives.
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- 2020
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3. Discourses on Empowerment in Adult Learning: A View on Renewed Learning
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Daniele, Luisa
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The paper examines critically the dimension of empowerment in the European discourse, starting from some operational definitions used in official documents. The author analyses the shift in the European documents from 2000 to recent years, from a lifelong learning vision to an adult education approach, basically labour market-oriented, thus leaving aside the social cohesion and self-emancipatory dossiers. Against this background, a theoretical approach derived from the categories of transaction and reflexivity is suggested, setting out from the works of John Dewey. This paper investigates whether the categories of experience, problem posing and emancipation are more suitable for a long-term project on adult learning than the categories of activation, problem solving, and empowerment.
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- 2017
4. Lifelong Outdoor Enthusiasts' Engagement with Nature-Based Activities Later in Life
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Barbara Humberstone, Geoff Cooper, and Di Collins
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This study examines the perspectives and experiences of older lifelong participants in outdoor education/recreation. 32 participants, women (11) and men (21), aged 60-84 provided narratives of their lifelong engagements in the outdoors in nature-based activities. They were invited to write freely on their early experiences and their current engagements in the outdoors. The purpose was to explore and understand why and how serious lifelong older participants continued with their outdoor activities. This paper considers participants' current embodied engagements. The evidence suggests that as they age, their bodies become less able to deal with discomfort. Yet, the participants, as a consequence of their lifelong knowledge and experience, manage injuries and ill-health, choosing to adapt in various ways to enable their continued engagement/enjoyment in being active in nature. The study stresses the significance of lifelong engagement in the outdoors and the necessity for opportunities for outdoor nature-based experiences throughout the lifespan.
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- 2024
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5. Competences of Adult Learning Facilitators in Europe: Analyses of Five European Research Projects
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Zagir, Togtokhmaa and Mandel, Kinga Magdolna
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Quality of educational services is highly dependent on competent teachers. Thus, the competency-based framework for teacher education has become an important issue across Europe. This approach in Europe has greatly reflected in the field of adult learning and education. There are five research projects dedicated to identifying competences of adult learning facilitators, involving regional countries or all the Member States of the European Union. Based on the results of the five research projects, this paper has a twofold aim: (1) to describe those research projects and their identified competences for adult learning; and (2) to analyse the common competences identified by all the five research projects. The distinct scopes of teacher's competences and teaching competences are offering the framework for analysis. We found ten common competences that are particularly relevant to teaching roles of adult learning facilitators in Europe. Moreover, the analyses revealed that adult learning facilitators need to possess teacher competences that are relevant to institutional administration. Our conclusion is that there are common competences for adult learning facilitators which are relevant to both teaching and teacher competences.
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- 2020
6. END 2015: International Conference on Education and New Developments. Conference Proceedings (Porto, Portugal, June 27-29, 2015)
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World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (WIARS) (Portugal) and Carmo, Mafalda
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We are delighted to welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2015-END 2015, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 27 to 29 of June. Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and acts. One of the most important contributions resides in what and how we learn through the improvement of educational processes, both in formal and informal settings. Our International Conference seeks to provide some answers and explore the processes, actions, challenges and outcomes of learning, teaching and human development. Our goal is to offer a worldwide connection between teachers, students, researchers and lecturers, from a wide range of academic fields, interested in exploring and giving their contribution in educational issues. We take pride in having been able to connect and bring together academics, scholars, practitioners and others interested in a field that is fertile in new perspectives, ideas and knowledge. We counted on an extensive variety of contributors and presenters, which can supplement our view of the human essence and behavior, showing the impact of their different personal, academic and cultural experiences. This is, certainly, one of the reasons we have many nationalities and cultures represented, inspiring multi-disciplinary collaborative links, fomenting intellectual encounter and development. END 2015 received 528 submissions, from 63 different countries, reviewed by a double-blind process. Submissions were prepared to take form as Oral Presentations, Posters, Virtual Presentations and Workshops. It was accepted for presentation in the conference, 176 submissions (33% acceptance rate). The conference also includes a keynote presentation from an internationally distinguished researcher, Professor Dr. Martin Braund, Adjunct Professor at Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town, South Africa and Honorary Fellow in the Department of Education at the University of York, UK, to whom we express our most gratitude. This volume is composed by the proceedings of the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2015), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.) and had the help of our respected media partners that we reference in the dedicated page. This conference addressed different categories inside the Education area and papers are expected to fit broadly into one of the named themes and sub-themes. To develop the conference program we have chosen four main broad-ranging categories, which also cover different interest areas: (1) In TEACHERS AND STUDENTS: Teachers and Staff training and education; Educational quality and standards; Curriculum and Pedagogy; Vocational education and Counseling; Ubiquitous and lifelong learning; Training programs and professional guidance; Teaching and learning relationship; Student affairs (learning, experiences and diversity); Extra-curricular activities; Assessment and measurements in Education. (2) In PROJECTS AND TRENDS: Pedagogic innovations; Challenges and transformations in Education; Technology in teaching and learning; Distance Education and eLearning; Global and sustainable developments for Education; New learning and teaching models; Multicultural and (inter)cultural communications; Inclusive and Special Education; Rural and indigenous Education; Educational projects. (3) In TEACHING AND LEARNING: Educational foundations; Research and development methodologies; Early childhood and Primary Education; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Science and technology Education; Literacy, languages and Linguistics (TESL/TEFL); Health Education; Religious Education; Sports Education. (4) In ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES: Educational policy and leadership; Human Resources development; Educational environment; Business, Administration, and Management in Education; Economics in Education; Institutional accreditations and rankings; International Education and Exchange programs; Equity, social justice and social change; Ethics and values; Organizational learning and change. The proceedings contain the results of the research and developments conducted by authors who focused on what they are passionate about: to promote growth in research methods intimately related to teaching, learning and applications in Education nowadays. It includes an extensive variety of contributors and presenters, who will extend our view in exploring and giving their contribution in educational issues, by sharing with us their different personal, academic and cultural experiences. (Individual papers contain references.)
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- 2015
7. EdMedia + Innovate Learning: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology (New York, New York and Online, June 20-23, 2022)
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Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education and Bastiaens, Theo
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The Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) is an international, non-profit educational organization. The Association's purpose is to advance the knowledge, theory, and quality of teaching and learning at all levels with information technology. The "EdMedia + Innovate Learning" conference took place in New York, New York and online June 20-23, 2022. These proceedings include 180 papers, including 2 award papers. The award papers cover the topics of VALUE (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education) rubrics and teacher candidates' acceptance and intentional use of augmented reality (AR) technology.
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- 2022
8. Adult Learning and the Changing World of Work. Report of Theme V. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education (Hamburg, Germany, July 14-18, 1997).
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Hamburg (Germany). Inst. for Education. and Singh, Madhu
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This report presents the contributions to theme five, "Adult Learning and the Changing World of Work," of the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education. Section 1 is an introduction to the Conference with objectives, themes, and agenda for the future. Section 2, "Discussion and Debate on the Issues of Theme Five" (R. Barry Hobart) answers 12 questions within the 4 areas of principles and practices of theme five. Section 3, "Position Paper on the Galaxy of Issues Relating to Theme Five" (R. Barry Hobart), analyzes the relationship and responsibilities of each of five partners to education for the world of work. Section 4 contains 14 presentations from 3 conference sessions. Session 1, "Changes in the World of Work That Impact on Adult Education and Training," has eight papers: "ICFTU [International Confederation of Free Trade Unions]: What Are the Most Significant Changes in the World of Work?" (Renate Peltzer); "The World of Work and Adult Learning: Changes, Impacts, and Prospects" (B.W. Kerre); "Changes in the World of Work and Their Impact on Adult Education and Training in Jamaica (A Developing Economy)" (Lurliene Miller); "Training for Employability" (Maria A. Ducci); "Continuing Training in the Transition Process in Central and Eastern Europe and in the New Independent States" (Hans Konrad Koch); "Learn To Undertake" (Felix Cadena Barquin); "Special Impacts on Developing and Transition Economies" (David H. Fretwell); and "Adult Education and Jobs, or Sustainable Livelihoods?" (John Lawrence). Session 2, "Implications for Adult Education Programs of the Changing World of Work," has three papers: "Policy Directions for Reforming Vocational and Technical Education in Korea" (Ikhyun Shin); "Changes in the World of Work and Their Implications for Formal TVET [Technical and Vocational Education and Training]" (R. Barry Hobart); and "Adult Learning and Vocational Training in the Informal Sector in Developing Countries" (Committee on Educational Research in Cooperation with Third World Countries). Session 3, "Policy and Social Implications of the Changing World of Work," consists of three papers: "Policy and Social Implications of the Changing World of Work: The Australian Experience" (Tony Greer); "Adult Education--Instrument for Democratisation and Empowerment" (Helga Foster); and "Political Economy, Adult Education, and Exclusion" (Ettore Gelpi). Appendixes include the program and advisory committee list. (YLB)
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- 1998
9. Europeanisation and Adult Education: Between Political Centrality and Fragility
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Antunes, Fátima
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The paper offers new insights into the Europeanisation of adult education, as an area of intervention and a component of the European education policy and sector, by tracing routes and processes that underpinned this pathway. The analysis provides some original findings, by pointing to four moments (thematisation; lifelong learning dimension; European agenda; political centrality/absence of policies; a new opportunity?) and two trends: on the one hand, one points out the creation of a European Education Area which has regulatory processes and instruments typical of a market; on the other hand, it is against this backdrop the European Agenda for Adult Learning set out action lines around "quality" and "participation." The 2015 mid-term review states it is unlikely that pursuing the political choices made thus far will lead to the achievement of such a goal. Some recent developments, "New skills agenda for Europe" or "Upskilling pathways: new opportunities for adults," may become associated with significant steps to stronger commitment and sustainable policies to increase adult participation in education or, in contrast, and underlining one of the main arguments here advanced, with the continuity of the dual condition of political centrality and fragility of Adult Education, which goes back a long way.
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- 2020
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10. Meeting the Informal Learning Challenges of the Free Agent Learner: Drawing Insights from Research-Based Lessons Learned. Innovative Session 1. [Concurrent Innovative Session at AHRD Annual Conference, 2000.]
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Marsick, Victoria J., Volpe, F. Marie, Brooks, Ann, Cseh, Maria, Lovin, Barbara Keelor, Vernon, Sally, Watkins, Karen E., and Ziegler, Mary
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The concept of the free agent learner, which has roots in self-directed and informal learning theory, has recently emerged as a factor important to attracting, developing, and keeping knowledge workers. The literature on free agent learning holds important lessons for today's free agent learners, human resource developers, and work organizations. Self-directed learning occurs on a just-in-time basis in response to strongly felt challenges situated within highly relevant contexts. At least theoretically, free agent learners are highly self-directed in their learning. Organizations employing knowledge workers have generally changed the nature of the psychological contract between free agent learners and the organization; however, they have not always adjusted systems, rewards, and cultures to support proactive, free agent learners. Organizations that want to keep free agent learners motivated and engaged must take the following steps: make time and space for learning; provide mechanisms for continual scanning of the environment; stimulate heightened awareness around learning; build programs around goals and turning points; provide opportunities for reflection in action; and work around problems engendered by climates that are often riddled with a lack of trust and high rewards for individual achievement at the expense of others with whom employees should be collaborating. (Contains 41 references.) (MN)
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- 2000
11. Combining learning with family responsibilities: European women in comparative perspective.
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Melesk, Kirsti
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VOCATIONAL guidance ,ADULT learning ,FAMILY roles ,ADULT education ,LEARNING ability ,FAMILY policy - Abstract
Purpose: While women in most European societies still carry the largest burden in caring for the family, there is also an important unrealised learning interest among women. This has an impact on women's labour market and career opportunities. This paper aims at analysing empirically the role of family obligations in women's ability to realise their learning interests and how this differs across societal and institutional contexts across Europe. Design/methodology/approach: The paper makes use of the second wave of Adult Education Survey from 2011, including data from 22 European countries. The article focuses on women aged 25–55 – an age group most affected by parental obligations. Logistic regression models are used to compare the effect that children in the household have on women's learning barriers across country groups of different family policy arrangements. Findings: The results confirm empirically the situational nature of family barriers to learning as they grow and decline depending on the age of children. However, the level of intensity and the period when family-related barriers remain relevant for women vary across European countries. Originality/value: This paper provides new insights into how women's caring obligations shape their labour market and career opportunities, focussing on the ability to take up adult learning. Involving data from 22 countries, including Eastern European countries, provides a broad look into the differing contexts shaping women's opportunities across Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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12. TRAINING OF OLDER WORKERS--ENGLISH AND WEST EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE.
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BELBIN, R. MEREDITH
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THE ROLE OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT IS ILLUSTRATED IN REPORTS OF VARIED RETRAINING PROGRAMS (PART OF THE ACTIVE MANPOWER POLICY) IN GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND SWEDEN. THE PROGRAMS INCLUDE SUCH ACTIVITIES AS--(1) FINANCIAL ENCOURAGEMENT OF INDUSTRY TO PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING THE OLDER ADULT, (2) RETRAINING TO MEET SPECIFIC SHORTAGES IN THE WORK FORCE, (3) TRAINING FOR FUTURE INDUSTRIAL NEEDS, AND (4) PROVISION OF TRAINING ALLOWANCES. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH DONE IN ENGLAND HAS PROVIDED EVIDENCE THAT IT IS SOUND PUBLIC POLICY TO INVEST IN TRAINING OF OLDER PERSONS, AND SPECIALLY-DESIGNED TRAINING FOR THEM IS VERY EFFECTIVE. THE RESULTS OF TWO STUDIES DEMONSTRATE AN ACTIVITY METHOD OF LEARNING IS SUPERIOR TO MEMORIZATION, AND WHEN INFERENCE, OR DEDUCTION, IS INTRODUCED INTO PROGRAMED AND ACTIVITY LEARNING, SUCCESS IS GREATER THAN BY EITHER METHOD, AS WELL AS BY MEMORIZATION. A HIGH DROPOUT RATE AT COMMENCEMENT OF TRAINING AND AFTER TRANSFER TO THE WORK SITUATION, AND LOW EMPLOYMENT IN LARGER, MORE ADVANCED FIRMS WERE ALSO REVEALED BY SURVEYS. INFORMATION RESULTING FROM THESE STUDIES IS BEING APPLIED IN EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS IN FIVE COUNTRIES. THIS PAPER WAS PRESENTED AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANPOWER TRAINING AND THE OLDER WORKER, WASHINGTON, JANUARY 17-19, 1966. (PT)
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- 1966
13. THE EFFECTIVE TRIAD: IMPACT, DIGITAL CONTENT AND ADULT EDUCATION. A CASE STUDY APPROACH.
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Manasia, Loredana and Bozon, Alina
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ADULT education ,EDUCATIONAL quality ,MOBILE learning ,EDUCATIONAL technology - Abstract
Lifelong learning, continuous learning, accessibility and quality of education and training systems in Europe play a decisive role in attaining the development of knowledge-based society. The paradigm of e-learning is expansively growing in adult education. The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of e-learning and digital technologies in adult education. To achieve this goal a research study was conducted. The study proposed in this paper aims to point out the answers to the following questions: Does the digital content bring significant changes in adult learners? Is this type of educational content valuable for adult training? What are the contexts and conditions to produce effective learning by using digital content and technologies? The paper consists of four parts. The introduction is focused on the state of the art regarding e-learning, digital technologies and adult education. The second section describes the research design: research problem and questions, research goal and hypotheses, research methodology, research instruments and data analysis procedures. Furthermore, the third section discusses the research results. The fourth part reveals the conclusions of the study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
14. Open Education 2030: planning the future of adult learning in Europe.
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Castaño Muñoz, Jonatan, Redecker, Christine, Vuorikari, Riina, and Punie, Yves
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OPEN learning ,INFORMATION & communication technologies ,MASSIVE open online courses ,EDUCATIONAL technology ,ADULT education ,CONTINUING education - Abstract
Adult learning and open education have become key elements on the European Agenda. This paper presents the first results of a foresight activity that aims to contribute to an understanding of how ‘Opening up Education’ can improve adult learning in Europe in the future. It argues that to open up adult learning two main challenges must be overcome: the extent to which learners need guidance and, depending on the learning goals, the extent to which learners need recognition and certification. On the basis of these challenges, four non-exclusive scenarios are presented, illustrating different versions and contexts for open adult learning. The main conclusion of the paper is that in order to enhance the quality of adult learning and to avoid the risk of social exclusion, policy-makers need to develop a framework that allows learners to flexibly move between different learning scenarios. Learners also need to acquire ‘Open Education Competences’. Finally, a roadmap is presented outlining how this future vision could be implemented. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2013
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15. Europeanisation and adult education: between political centrality and fragility.
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Antunes, Fátima
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ADULT education ,POLITICAL science education ,EUROPEANIZATION ,ADULT learning ,GOAL (Psychology) - Abstract
The paper offers new insights into the Europeanisation of adult education, as an area of intervention and a component of the European education policy and sector, by tracing routes and processes that underpinned this pathway. The analysis provides some original findings, by pointing to four moments (thematisation; lifelong learning dimension; European agenda; political centrality/absence of policies; a new opportunity?) and two trends: on the one hand, one points out the creation of a European Education Area which has regulatory processes and instruments typical of a market; on the other hand, it is against this backdrop the European Agenda for Adult Learning set out action lines around quality and participation. The 2015 mid-term review states it is unlikely that pursuing the political choices made thus far will lead to the achievement of such a goal. Some recent developments, New skills agenda for Europe or Upskilling pathways: new opportunities for adults, may become associated with significant steps to stronger commitment and sustainable policies to increase adult participation in education or, in contrast, and underlining one of the main arguments here advanced, with the continuity of the dual condition of political centrality and fragility of Adult Education, which goes back a long way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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16. Reappraising the importance of class in higher education entry and persistence.
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FIELD, JOHN and MORGAN-KLEIN, NATALIE
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SOCIAL classes ,ADULT learning ,NONTRADITIONAL college students ,HIGHER education of the working class ,ADULTS ,HIGHER education - Abstract
Social class is a major determining factor of people's life chances. Much sociology-based research shows that socio-economic position is still one of the best predictors of who will achieve success, prosperity and social status and, in particular, who will enjoy the highest levels of educational outcomes. Survey data and qualitative studies alike confirm that many people continue to see class as a feature of everyday life, in ways that are connected with their understanding of learning and its possibilities. However, despite its continued significance in people's lives, class has virtually disappeared from modern adult learning research. This paper concludes that in an era when governments across Europe are setting about the dismantling of social support and collective protection produced by social democracy and trade unionism, class analysis presents an important means of understanding change and changing understanding. The existence of persistent social class inequalities in access is a repeated theme of research into higher education (HE) participation. Moreover, socioeconomic inequalities persist in spite of the considerable enlargement of higher education systems that has taken place in many countries since the 1950s (Field, 2003; Alon, 2009; Boliver, 2011; Reay 2012). Moreover, survey data and qualitative accounts confirm that many people continue to see class as an everyday aspect of their lives, in ways that are connected with their understanding of learning and its possibilities. This paper looks at the ways in which experiences and constraints of social class were experienced and 'storied' by a group of non-traditional students in higher education. It starts out with reflections on the current status -- or rather absence -- of class as a key category of critical analysis in adult learning. We then examine briefly the question of class in the context of mass higher education. While much has changed in the social composition of the undergraduate population as a consequence of expansion, taken as a whole there seems to have been relatively little change in undergraduates' socio-economic status. While the overall number of students from broadly working class backgrounds has grown, their relative share of the undergraduate population has not greatly altered (Boliver, 2011). In England, it seems that the proportion of students from poorer families declined during the expansion period of the mid- to late-1990s and recovered to its original position during the early years of the current century (Chowdry et al., 2013). In Scotland, Ianelli concludes that similar fluctuations mean that 'overall the relation between social class of origin and educational attainment has not significantly changed over time' (Ianelli, 2011: 257). What does this mean for the experiences of students from working class backgrounds? We explore this question through a discussion of RANLHE interviews in Scottish higher education. We interviewed a sample of 83 students from three HEIs -- one a highly selective institution, one a former central institution (roughly akin to a polytechnic) and one with a mixed mission emphasising both teaching and research. We recruited students through direct email contacts (both targeted and general), appeals in newsletters, intermediaries such as course leaders, and -- once we had started -- by snowballing; some also approached us, having heard about the project by word of mouth. All interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim, with hesitations and repetitions included. We read and re-read the transcripts, which included responses to a standard question on class. Posed late on in the first or early in the second interview, the interviewer asked 'How you would describe your background in terms of class?' and the student's reply was then followed up. The interviewer did not provide a definition of class, though the follow-up discussion could explore definitional issues if the interviewee raised them (hardly anyone did, at least not explicitly). Responses during this initial discussion of class gave us a baseline for a preliminary thematic analysis which, in turn, provided a springboard for undertaking an iterative thematic and contextual examination of the ways in which different people spoke about class or -- in some cases -- deflected a discussion of class. We distinguished between how people spoke about membership of a particular class and how they talked about class as a phenomenon. The students in our sample spoke about class in relation to their own educational disadvantage and/or experiences/perceptions of HE. Often they discussed class obliquely, or in ways that can be understood through socio-cultural perspectives. One arts student, for example, talked of relating the circumstances of Tracey Emin's childhood (material disadvantage, abuse) to the context in which she grew up and being completely alienated during a class discussion by what she perceived as classist and misogynistic contempt shown towards Emin by fellow students. In addition, class affected student experiences in more material ways, both for mature students who had worked themselves and for young students who came from working-class families. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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17. CONFINTEA VI follow-up and the role of university lifelong learning: Some issues for European higher education.
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Németh, Balázs
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ADULT education ,HIGHER education ,ADULT learning ,CONTINUING education ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
Copyright of International Review of Education / Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft is the property of Springer Nature and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2011
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18. Learning at every age? Life cycle dynamics of adult education in Europe.
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Beblavy, Miroslav, Thum, Anna-Elisabeth, and Potjagailo, Galina
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ADULT education ,ADULT learning ,EDUCATIONAL attainment ,NONFORMAL education ,PANEL analysis - Abstract
Adult learning is seen as a key factor for enhancing employment, innovation and growth. The aim of this paper is to understand the points in the life cycle at which adult learning takes place and whether it leads to reaching a medium or high level of educational attainment. We perform a synthetic panel analysis of adult learning for cohorts aged 25–64 in 27 European countries using the European Union Labour Force Survey. We find that investment across the life cycle by cohorts older than 25 still occurs: participation in education and training as well as educational attainment increase observably across all cohorts. We also find that the decline with age slows down, or is even reversed for older cohorts, for both participation in education and educational attainment. Finally, we can identify cross-country differences in approach. In Nordic countries, adult learning is achieved primarily through participation in education and training without adding to formal educational attainment. In central Europe, adult learning occurs primarily in the form of increasing educational attainment. In Ireland and the UK, a combination of both approaches to adult learning is observable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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19. Core Competences of Adult Educators in Europe Findings from a European Research Project.
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Bernhardsson, Nils and Lattke, Susanne
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PROFESSIONALIZATION ,CORE competencies ,TEACHER competencies ,EDUCATORS ,TEACHER qualifications ,ADULT learning - Abstract
Professionalisation of adult educators has become a major topic in Europe. A number of European projects have addressed this issue mainly from a developmental perspective by producing curricula, training programmes and other tools for professionalisation purposes. Rarely these projects have been based on extensive and systematic empirical research. This paper reports on the European project "QF2TEACH" which focused on cross-country research into core competencies of adult educators. In the first two sections the general background will be explained and the particularity of the QF2TEACH project will be highlighted. Part 3 presents in greater detail the research methodology and the main outcomes. The paper concludes (4) with a summary and outlook on ways of working further with the research findings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
20. COMENIUS AND GRUNDTVIG ASSISTANTSHIPS: OPPORTUNITIES AND BENEFITS IN EUROPE COUNTRIES.
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GEDVILIENĖ, GENUTĖ, DULAU, MARIA-CRISTINA, MAREKOVÁ, EVA, and RAFAEL, SANDRINE
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CONTINUING education ,ADULT education ,ADULT learning ,OPEN learning - Abstract
Copyright of Applied Research in Health & Social Sciences: Interface & Interaction / Sveikatos ir Socialinių Mokslų Taikomieji Tyrimai: Sandūra ir Sąveika is the property of Klaipeda State College and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2011
21. A comparative assessment of NVAL policy developments in southeastern Europe: issues of quality of the professional staff involved.
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Zarifis, Georgeos K.
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OCCUPATIONAL training ,ADULT learning ,WORK environment ,EMPLOYEE recruitment - Abstract
This paper presents a comparative assessment of the current policies on the quality of the non-vocational adult learning staff (NVAL staff), in four south-eastern European countries (Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece and Turkey), The paper focuses on three vital topics: 1. Selection procedure and working conditions of adult learning staff (reference to issues of recruitment, professional expectations and employment situation of the staff involved). 2. Opportunities and obstacles for professional development and evaluation (reference to career paths, monitoring, assessment and evaluation of the professionals involved). 3. Societal situation for the profession (focusing on attractiveness and social impact). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
22. Participative learning through work: Apprenticeship and part-time higher education.
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Fuller, Alison
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OCCUPATIONAL training ,APPRENTICESHIP programs ,LEARNING ,HIGHER education ,VOCATIONAL education ,SOCIOECONOMICS ,WORKPLACE literacy ,EDUCATION - Abstract
Policy-makers in Europe and beyond are increasingly preoccupied with finding ways to foster lifelong learning. Recent work has drawn attention to the pedagogical benefits of apprenticeships which combine opportunities for learning in the workplace and in specialist educational institutions. This paper suggests that the combination of employment and attendance on part-time courses in higher education also has pedagogical and motivational strengths. Those looking for ways of widening participation have often been slow to recognise the strengths of the mixed approach. Furthermore there has been little analysis of its appeal to individuals who, for various reasons relating to social and economic change, are reluctant to participate in full-time courses. It follows from the arguments presented that more resources and effort should be invested in increasing the opportunities available to people across the socioeconomic spectrum to participate in both education and employment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
23. Arrival of the cavalry.
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TUCKETT, ALAN
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UNIVERSITY & college finance ,ADULT learning - Abstract
Applauds the publication of the Government's Standards Fund and its package of funding for the development of Lifelong Learning Development Plans in Europe. Information on the Conservative Government's White Paper on further and higher education; Funds for adult learning; Expansion of the Further Education Funding Council.
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- 1998
24. IN BRIEF.
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ADULT learning ,STUDENTS - Abstract
This section offers news briefs of interest to adult learning, including the rise in student population in Europe, 7.3 million British pounds investment by the Heritage Lottery Fund to support specialist skills and training opportunities in the heritage field and the appointment of Professor Bob Fryer as chairman of the Campaign for Learning.
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- 2009
25. Theorising participation in urban regeneration partnerships: an adult education perspective.
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Galvin, Martin and Mooney Simmie, Geraldine
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ADULT education ,ADULT learning ,EDUCATION ,URBAN studies ,EDUCATION policy - Abstract
While the policy approach in Urban Regeneration Partnership tends to be viewed as participatory governance using an urban studies lens, this article posits an alternative theorisation that takes an adult education perspective. We draw from Lefebvre’s notion ofspace, Engeström’sCultural Historical Activity Theoryand Holand et al.’s concept ofpositionalityandsocial identityto theorise Urban Regeneration Partnership asexpansive participationthat acknowledges discursive struggle and contradiction in authentic democratisation. We argue for a multiscalar understanding of citizenship that attends to sociocultural conditions, challenges hegemonic spatial modalities and inculcates conditions for transformative agency. Our theorising is illustrated using data from a doctoral study examining one Urban Regeneration Partnership in the Republic of Ireland. Three themes emerged from the study: market-led discourse of transformation versus a narrative of community; rhetoric of empowerment versus the unequal positioning of residents, and the dominant hegemony of official knowledge versus community-based experiential knowledge. The article examines whether the academy can make a difference in people’s lives through challenging the prevailing orthodoxy, revealing unexamined assumptions and offering alternative frameworks for deeper understanding of the policy cycle in Urban Regeneration Partnerships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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26. Learning as renewal: contribution to the present theoretical background of the lifelong learning policy of the European Union.
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Feketene Szakos, Eva
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ADULT education ,ADULT learning ,CONTINUING education ,EDUCATION ,SOCIAL learning ,INNOVATION management ,FLOW theory (Psychology) ,WORK environment - Abstract
There are a number of EU documents on the term and way of implementation of lifelong learning. However, the characteristics of learning from adult education perspectives are not sufficiently emphasized and are undertheorized in them. Numerous new, theoretical works have been published on adult learning in the related adult education literature since the millennium, which have not yet been integrated into the lifelong learning policy. This article analyses the documents of the European Union on lifelong learning from the aspect of how compatible they are with the most recent adult learning theories assisting the deeper understanding of the characteristics of adult learning. According to the recommendation of the author, the present transformation of Europe experiencing recession should be thought of as a learning process, of which the newest, innovation-oriented adult learning theories say a lot. These are, for example, the process-, biography- and change-oriented theories which contain the elements of transformative learning theory as well, and are also compatible with action-learning theories focusing on solving the tasks and problems of the workplace through learning. Further relevant theories can be the theories of innovation management and the flow theory. It would be worth integrating the relevant elements of these theories into a new, innovation-centred concept which would include the innovation indicators of adult learning/adult education. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2014
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27. Adult learning in a European Context.
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Boström, Ann-Kristin
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EDUCATION of older people ,ADULT learning ,DEMOGRAPHIC change ,OPEN learning ,INFORMAL sector ,EDUCATORS - Abstract
The European Commission predicted that the ratio of people aged 65 and more as a percentage of the population aged 15-64 is expected to increase from 25% in 2007 to 54% in 2060. This change in demographics will have an impact on adult education and training because adult education will to a great extent be expected to include older people in the future. How will adult learning and training adapt to this new trend? Will the learning and training for older people be institutionalized, or will it be positioned in the informal sector? Or could this be organized from the top or by political decisions considering the importance of the motivation, psychological, and health status of the participants as well as the understanding of the degree of flexibility and understanding from the trainers and educators? The intergenerational gap that will exist between older participants and younger professionals might be overcome but should be taken into account. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
28. OLDER EUROPEANS IN THE LEARNING SOCIETY.
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Withnall, Alexandra
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EDUCATION of older people ,ADULT learning ,ACADEMIC motivation - Abstract
Emphasizes the significance of learning to older adults in Europe. Factors that motivate older adults to participate in learning activities; Educational movements in the country; Contribution of older people to educational activities.
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- 1997
29. Modern conceptions of andragogy: A European framework.
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Savicevic, Duasan M.
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ADULT learning - Abstract
Presents a comparative study of the conceptions of andragogy, or adult learning, within a European framework. Roots and evolution of andragogy and its identity as a science; Modern concepts of andragogy in various European countries; Differences and similarities in modern conceptions of andragogy.
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- 1991
30. A Meeting of Minds.
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Martin, Ian, Crowther, Jim, Galloway, Vernon, Johnston, Rennie, and Merrill, Barbara
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POPULAR education ,ADULT learning - Abstract
Looks at a common ground between Great Britain and Spain in terms of popular education. General characteristics of the popular education process; Purposes of the Popular Education Forum in Scotland; Challenges facing popular education.
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- 1999
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