Search results for "ADULT EDUCATION"
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What it Means to be a Stranger to Oneself
2009
In adult education there is always a problem of prefabricated and in many respect fixed opinions and views of the world. In this sense, I will argue, that the starting point of radical education should be in the destruction of these walls of belief that people build around themselves in order to feel safe. In this connection I will talk about ‘gentle shattering of identities’ as a problem and a method of radical education. When we as adult educators are trying to gently shatter these solidified identities and pre‐packed ways of being and acting in the world, we are moving in the field of questions that Sigmund Freud tackled with the concepts of ‘de‐personalization’ and ‘de‐realization’. The…
Learning, teaching and integration of adult migrants in Finland
2017
Learning a new vocation or re-learning one that was previously mastered is considered one of the essential pathways for migrant integration into the Finnish labour market. Thus, vocational educators should have competencies that support teaching adults with diverse educational, vocational, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds, and enhance their participation in the learning community. This research examines learning, teaching, and integration of adult migrants in Finland. The study analyses what educators and adult migrant students focus on when talking about learning and teaching. First, the aim was to gain an understanding of the core aspects that trainers and migrant students refer to wh…
Lifelong learning and the English language : the significance of studying English voluntarily at adult age
2014
Opiskelu ja tietoinen oppiminen ovat yhä tärkeämpiä asioita aikuisten elämässä. Elinikäinen oppiminen tarjoaa välineitä, joilla aikuiset pystyvät vastaamaan haasteisiin, joita globaali ja nopeasti muuttuva maailma tarjoaa. Kieli- ja viestintätaitojen kehittäminen aikuisiällä on yksi elinikäisen oppimisen muoto. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää millaisia merkityksiä aikuisopiskelijat antavat aikuisiässä tapahtuville omaehtoisille englannin kielen opinnoilleen sekä millainen rooli englannin kielellä on kyseisten opiskelijoiden elämässä. Tutkimuksessa selvitettiin aikuisopiskelijoiden syitä osallistua Englannin kielen kursseille ja näiden syiden kautta tutkittiin myös opiskelijoid…
Agency of rural Nepali women as moderated by community learning centres : a postcolonial feminist perspective
2017
This study includes the voices and experiences of fifteen Nepali women who participated in the activities provided at two Community Leaning Centres (CLCs). CLCs provide various learning activities for the women in rural Nepal, where education opportunities for adult women are extremely lacking. Situated within a postcolonial feminist perspective, this thesis aims to investigate not only the benefits of the CLCs for women per se but the construction of women’s agency through the learning using a combination of semi-structured interviews and a thematic data analysis. This study identifies the perceived benefits of women participants and analyses the processes by which women negotiate social c…
Self-direction
2020
Self-direction refers to an individual’s responsibility and active role in relation to their own activities. It has largely been considered from the perspective of the individual, with self-direction being seen as a characteristic of the person, a linear process, or a feature influenced by the factors surrounding the individual. It is understood as a positive activity that promotes creativity and learning. However, the possibilities for self-direction have been less explored. The theme of self-direction and its possibilities comprise a topical and important perspective in the research on self-direction. peerReviewed
Technikum dla przodujących robotników w polskim systemie szkolnictwa zawodowego (1971-1982)
2018
W okresie PRL-u z inicjatywy PZPR powstało w 1971 r. technikum dla przodujących robotników. Uchwała nr 124 Rady Ministrów z dnia 1 lipca 1971 r. dała robotnikom możliwość zdobycia kwalifikacji zawodowych i uzyskania świadectwa dojrzałości po dwuletnim okresie edukacji. Takich szkół powstało ponad 30 w skali całego kraju. Do placówek tych kierowano wyróżniających się aktywną postawą społeczno-zawodową robotników, absolwentów zasadniczych szkół zawodowych. Celem ich było przygotowanie dla gospodarki narodowej dobrych fachowców, ale również aktywnych działaczy partyjnych. Rozpoczęły one pracę dydaktyczną we wrześniu 1971 r. Stworzono w nich bardzo dobre warunki uczenia się dorosłym uczniom, za…
The state-of-the-art of collaborative technologies for initial vocational education : a systematic literature review
2018

 
 
 Future workplaces require collaboration skills in which members of different work communities use technologies to solve complex problems. Vocational education and training (VET) programs need to meet the challenge to prepare students to be part of a competent workforce. Particularly initial vocational education is under pressure to develop learners’ collaboration skills and abilities. To date, however, no attempt has been made to perform a comprehensive review of the use of computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) technologies across different vocational education settings to account for contextual factors of VET. In this systematic review, 26 published studies …
DIGITALIZATION OF ADULT EDUCATION IN THE CONTEXT OF HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
2021
Modern society has entered a new century in the process of increasing global change, among which human changes and their development sharply lag behind the changes in the techno-economic sphere. Global processes require overcoming this gap and creating a modern adult education system that shapes and develops human beings and, as a consequence, increases human capital. The article describes digital adult education as a factor in improving national human capital, its direct impact on human development as a whole, and as an employee. It also shows Ukraine's place in the human capital index of countries, which includes education as one of the rating points. With the changing nature of work, som…
The Rocky Road of Growing into Contemporary Citizenship: Dewey, Gramsci, and the Method of Democracy
2015
Characterized by globalization, increasing pluralism, and new complexities of citizenship, the contemporary world poses challenges to the ways in which we conceptualize of the processes of searching for shared solutions to ever-complicated social problems. While the political rhetoric emphasizes the value of citizens’ participation, engagement, and “voices,” there are increasing feelings of frustration, incapacity, and disinterest on behalf of the citizens regarding the supposed eff ects of their political engagement. In order to conceptually grasp the problem of searching for shared solutions and the related challenges to education, we draw on John Dewey’s idea of the method of democracy a…