European Professionalisation for Adult Educators An insight into the European Master in Adult Education.

In 2004 seven European universities started to develop a "Master in Adult Education (EMAE)" in cooperation with the German Institute of Adult Education. Meanwhile the Master Programme has been successfully implemented in three European universities. Based on evaluation documents of the Master Programme, this paper analyses the challenges that the academic practice has to deal with when approaching the professionalisation of adult educators in a European way. For this purpose, core themes of European adult education are first to be analyzed. Second, we deal with the question regarding how an international didactic-methodical approach can be reached. Third, the reference of the programme to the European labour market is pointed out. Finally, the paper shows the influence that the EMAE can have on the academic and practice of adult education in Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]