Adult Learning and Education
Author: Kjell Rubenson
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2011-02-17
Total Pages: 327
ISBN-13: 0123814898
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of 46 articles from the diverse and still emerging field of adult education.
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Foundations of Adult Education in Africa
Author: Fredrick Muyia Nafukho
Publisher: Pearson South Africa
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9789282011218
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents key concepts, information and principles that should underlie the practice of adult education in African contexts. It assumes that adult educators should have a historical perspective on the current educational context, understand how the colonial experience has impacted on indigenous traditions and be aware of the philosophical underpinnings of adult education activities. The chapters introduce the foundations and history of adult education in Africa; philosophy and adult education; socio-cultural, political and economic environments; opportunities and access for adult learners; gender and development in adult education; adult education as a developing profession; information and communication technology; globalization and adult education; and policies and structures of lifelong learning
Rethinking education: towards a global common good?
Author: UNESCO
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
Published: 2015-05-26
Total Pages: 85
ISBN-13: 9231000888
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEconomic growth and the creation of wealth have cut global poverty rates, yet vulnerability, inequality, exclusion and violence have escalated within and across societies throughout the world. Unsustainable patterns of economic production and consumption promote global warming, environmental degradation and an upsurge in natural disasters. Moreover, while we have strengthened international human rights frameworks over the past several decades, implementing and protecting these norms remains a challenge.These changes signal the emergence of a new global context for learning that has vital implications for education. Rethinking the purpose of education and the organization of learning has never been more urgent. This book is inspired by a humanistic vision of education and development, based on respect for life and human dignity, equal rights, social justice, cultural diversity, international solidarity and shared responsibility for a sustainable future. It proposes that we consider education and knowledge as global common goods, in order to reconcile the purpose and organization of education as a collective societal endeavour in a complex world.
Adult Education in China
Author: Carman St John Hunter
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-08-06
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 1351005006
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 1985. China is currently making a massive effort to educate its workforce in a formal and structured system. A good deal has been written about China’s attempts, since 1949, to eradicate illiteracy and to universalise primary and secondary school education but the subject of this book is an educational system established to meet the needs of those already employed whether in government, industry or agriculture. Two study teams, sponsored by the lnternational Council for Adult Education, visited China in 1981 to explore this educational phenomenon. Their findings, updated by subsequent ICAE visits and enriched by further reading, form the basis of this book. This is the story of the Chinese experience of developing adult education. It will be valuable to those involved in extending education in the industrialised world who are pursuing modernisation goals for people long excluded from the formal education system.
Learning as Development
Author: Daniel A. Wagner
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-10-04
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 1136294511
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearning is the foundation of the human experience. It begins at birth and never stops, a continuous and malleable link across life stages of human development. Disparities in learning access and outcomes around the world have deep consequences for income, social mobility, health, and well-being. For international development practitioners faced with today's unprecedented environmental and geopolitical pressures, learning should be viewed as a touchstone and target for those seeking to truly effect global change. This book traces the path of international development work—from its pre-colonial origins to the emergence of economics as the dominant discipline in the field—and lays out a new agenda for policymakers, researchers, and practitioners, from early education through adulthood. Learning as Development is an attempt to rethink international education in a changing world.
Adult Education in Developing Countries
Author: Edwin Keith Townsend Coles
Publisher: Pergamon
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStudy of the aims and purposes of adult education in developing countries - covers educational needs, training programmes set up to eliminate illiteracy, government policy in respect of the financing of training centres, etc., and includes proposals for the selection of teaching methods, teacher training programmes, etc.
The Education of Adults
Author: John Lowe
Publisher:
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUNESCO pub. Report presenting a comparison of trends in adult education and its role in educational development since 1960 - considering educational reform as a response to on-going social change, examines attitudes, Motivation and educational needs (incl. Functional literacy, community development, agricultural extension, coping with old age, etc.), and discusses administrative aspects, financing, further educational research, and the role of UN through UNESCO. Bibliography pp. 221 to 223.
Guidelines on the development of open educational resources policies
Author: Miao, Fengchun
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
Published: 2019-10-15
Total Pages: 107
ISBN-13: 9231003410
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConceptual Evolution and Policy Developments in Lifelong Learning
Author: Jin Yang
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9789282011720
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAdult Education at the Crossroads
Author: Matthias Finger
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781856497510
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAdopting a social action perspective, this book is an assessment of where adult education now stands in the world. It argues that the purposes and rationale of adult education need to be reconceptualised for it to become an effective agent of change.
