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The psychometric properties of the lifelong learning measurement scale (LLMS): the study of validation in higher education setting Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Yalalem Assefa, Bekalu Tadesse Moges, Shouket Ahmad Tilwani, Samrat Ray
In the dynamic world of higher education, lifelong learning is important to both individuals and institutions, and measuring it can provide insightful data for both. The purpose of this study is th...
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Diverse discourses and knowledge in a changing adult learning landscape Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Sharon Clancy, Nalita James, George K. Zarifis
Published in Studies in the Education of Adults (Vol. 56, No. 1, 2024)
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Achieving human potential through community learning centres in Ghana: a capabilities approach to community development Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Boadi Agyekum, Samuel Amponsah
This article uses Sen’s Capabilities Approach (CA), which prioritises access and equality, to critically investigate distance education (DE) programmes in the community learning centres (CLCs) as a...
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Keeping up with the times in Ireland: Older adults bridging the age-based digital divide together? Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Sandra Flynn
In 2021, data on Internet usage for those aged 75 years and older in Ireland indicated that almost half of this cohort (46%) had never accessed the Internet. This study examines the role of informa...
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Case study regarding adult students’ learning of world languages and cultures in a unique voluntary and learner-centred nonformal setting Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Dilnoza F. Khasilova
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine a group of adult students’ learning of world languages and cultural practices by incorporating common literacy practices (listening, reading, sp...
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‘Situational barriers are keeping me from participating’, but are they situational? Examining low-educated adults’ psychosocial views on adult learning Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Lisse Van Nieuwenhove, Bram De Wever
Despite the attention devoted to situational and institutional barriers in studying participation in adult education, psychosocial barriers are often overlooked in research. However, low-educated, ...
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Learning and gender in everyday life Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Jocey Quinn
This paper focuses on the learning that happens in everyday life, beyond the formal learning environments of schools, colleges, and universities or even beyond community and adult education. It dra...
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South African Kha Ri Gude mass literacy campaign and Australian Aboriginal adult literacy campaign ‘Yes, I can!’: a comparative study Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Vegneskumar Maniam, Veronica McKay, Robert Boughton
In 2008 the South African Government launched the Kha Ri Gude mass literacy campaign to address the country’s adult illiteracy problem. The Campaign drew upon the Cuban Yo, Si Puedo campaign model....
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Editorial introduction Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Camilla Fitzsimons, Seán Henry, Jerry O’Neill, Clare Tebbutt
Published in Studies in the Education of Adults (Vol. 55, No. 2, 2023)
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Rememory, resistance and the geographical: adult and community education as spaces of possibility Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Balwant Kaur
This paper attends to the educational narratives of South Asian Muslim women who grew up in an inner city area. Using walking interviews, each individual took me around the neighbourhood where they...
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‘Conversations with strangers’ – autoethnography and the salvaging of a ‘precarious’ masculinity Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Niall Dempsey
I have often felt ashamed of the disabled aspect of my masculine identity. Reflexive, autoethnographical practices help me to ask why? These practices facilitate a reorientation of my frames of ref...
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Articulating Syrian women refugees’ education in an age of uncertainty Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Shereen H. Shaw, Ghada Nakhla, Sonia Soans
Political conflicts propelled a wave of refugees that are seen as a force that threatens the stability of the UK and Western Europe. It has left many refugees bewildered and vulnerable in a transit...
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‘Strengthening [the] family’ through adult education in Turkey: a critical discourse analysis of a family education programme Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Ayca G. Kaymakcioglu, H. Ayse Caner, Fatma Gök
This paper discusses the scope of governmental interventions in families through adult education in the context of Turkey’s family-focused debates. The central question is to understand how ‘family...
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An inopportune moment: trade unions, climate crisis and the collapse of labour education in England Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Stuart Tannock
A growing number of climate activists and scholars argue that an effective climate movement needs the involvement of the trade union movement, to be able to push forward the radical social transfor...
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Becoming a university educator in Canada: Learning experiences of two tenure-track women faculty members Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-11-22 James Caron
This study focuses on two early career academics learning their way into university teaching. Their narratives of learning to teach in the Canadian university system highlight the intersectionality...
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‘The people, the spaces, the talking!’ Igniting community-based higher education Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Thomas Murray, Rebekah Brennan
In the context of rapid economic, social, and demographic change, fostering equity and inclusion in third level education is a prerequisite for adaptability, social cohesion, and human development....
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From occupational to organisational professionalism: Exploring the changing nature of professionalism in community learning and development (1975–2019) Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Gary Fraser
Professionalism in the context of public sector professions is a changing concept, which is subject to different interpretations. The sociologist Julia Evetts has developed two models, occupational...
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Maternal health literacy and postpartum complication readiness among nursing mothers: Implications for adult literacy educators in Southern Cross River State, Nigeria Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-11-07 H. A. Andong, P. I. Okey, P. A. Betiang, G. Edoho, J. B. Offiong
This study assessed maternal health literacy and postpartum complication readiness among nursing mothers and identify the implications for adult literacy educators in the Southern Cross River State...
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Multilingual language assistants, investment and social justice in second language learning for adult newcomers Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Marianne Eek
This article investigates the significance of the use of multilingual language assistants (MLAs) in second language teaching for adult migrants with limited formal schooling. Norton’s theories of i...
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Lifelong learning: The red-headed stepchild of Lebanon’s National Strategy for Older People Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Hany Hachem
Decades of governmental neglect mark the socio-political realities of older people in Lebanon. They endure poverty, illiteracy, ageism, exclusion from healthcare and social security, and are absent...
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Adult migrants’ voices about learning and using Swedish at work placements in basic language education Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-10-14 Robert Walldén
The aim of the present study was to contribute knowledge about how adult L2 learners perceived their possibilities to use and develop the target language (Swedish) when formal language teaching was...
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Outside of the box: Inspiring Women Among Us (IWAU) as public pedagogy on gender and inclusion via learning in community Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Zoë A. Meletis, Annie Booth, Laura Pyke, Ashley Seniunas
December 6th marks the Montreal Massacre, and Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Universities often host actions around this date. In 2015, we sought to expa...
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‘And suddenly it’s not so flexible anymore!’ Discursive effects in comments from school leaders and staff about distance education Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Johanna Mufic
Distance education has received a lot of attention in contemporary policy as something that makes it possible for more students to participate, but also involves a certain set of challenges. When i...
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Taking stock of youth and adult educational policies in Chile and Peru in a changing landscape Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Margarita Calderón, Cesar Guadalupe, Virginie Thériault
This article explores the framing of youth and adult education (YAE) policies in two Latin American countries, namely Chile and Peru. It takes their participation in PIAAC as a contextual starting ...
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Imagining collective futures in settlement education: Perspectives of Tamil-Canadian immigrant women Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Abarna Selvarajah
Literature on adult settlement and integration education in Canada documents the limits of public services supporting the settlement of female newcomers. This study provokes deeper understandings o...
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Deconstructing gender identity through transformative learning Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-08-04 Saskia Eschenbacher, Nils Weber
The theory of transformative learning and its notion of freedom, that we are not trapped by one way of looking at the world or being in the world, fosters a fundamental re-ordering and radical ques...
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Contextualising the struggle to improve adult education provision – global perspectives Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-06-14 Sharon Clancy, Nalita James, George K. Zarifis
Published in Studies in the Education of Adults (Vol. 55, No. 1, 2023)
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Literacies, power and identities in figured worlds in Malawi Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-06-09 James R. Harrison
Published in Studies in the Education of Adults (Vol. 56, No. 1, 2024)
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Adults between school and working life Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-04-21 Tobias Lasse Karlsson
The aim of this study is to examine what it means to be a student in a vocational education and training programme in the municipal adult education system in Sweden and how the interplay between sc...
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The inclusion of indigenous knowledge into adult education programs: Implications for sustainable development Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Bekalu Tadesse Moges, Yalalem Assefa, Shouket Ahmad Tilwani, Samuel Zinabu Desta, Mohd Asif Shah
In this age of information exchange, where nations’ multiculturalism is prominent, developing a positive attitude towards local people’s knowledge and wisdom regardless of gender, faith, age, and o...
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Exploring the place of adult learning for refugees and asylum seekers in migration policy for integration in England and Scotland Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-02-13 Lauren Bouttell
Abstract Learning, particularly learning English is presented as a key part of integration for adult migrants in the UK. England and Scotland differ in how their policy approaches to integration include adult learning. This article aims to explore and uncover the ways in which adult education, particularly for refugees and asylum seekers is embedded and included in policy for integration of new migrants
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Improvement of the professional training of a pedagogue-psychologist as a specialist of helping professions Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-01-27 Aizhan Zh. Sapargaliyeva, Ryszhamal K. Aralbaeva, Samal K. Mamilina, Aigerim S. Dyussenbekova, Bayan K. Orazova
Abstract The purpose of this scientific work is a deep study of the factors affecting the quality of professional training of educational psychologists as specialists in the helping profession in the context of social and economic situations in the Republic of Kazakhstan at the current time. The main research question: what are the ways to improve the professional training of a teacher-psychologist
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Becoming an independent Swedish citizen: Critical literacy as a tool for multilingual literacies in Swedish for Immigrants Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-01-27 Åsa Wedin
The aim of this article is to study the space for multilingualism and multiliteracy in the development of literacy skills through critical literacy in Swedish for Immigrants. The focus is on adult ...
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References on innovative methodologies for adult training Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2023-01-17 Javier Fombona, Alba Fombona-Pascual, Esteban Vazquez-Cano
Abstract This article shows the result of an international project from the European Commission, and it aimed to analyse 30 cases of effective European entities in the field of adult education, from Poland, Spain, Finland and Italy. The objective was to collect the best strategies that generate good employment and social inclusion results. The research analyses the methodologies of official educational
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Employing the lens of andragogy theory to understand Vietnamese tertiary EFL lecturers’ perceived needs for professional development (PD) Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-11-10 Nga Huynh Hong Ngo, Sue Cherrington
Abstract Despite the considerable amount of work which has been conducted into teachers’ needs for professional development (PD) in mainstream education, this topic has been received little attention in the field of English language teaching (ELT). This paper presents findings from a phenomenological study investigating the perceived needs for PD of Vietnamese tertiary English as a foreign language
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Older adults’ reasons to participate in digital skills learning: An interdisciplinary, multiple case study from Austria, Finland, and Germany Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-10-20 Kaisa Pihlainen, Anja Ehlers, Rebekka Rohner, Katerina Cerna, Eija Kärnä, Moritz Hess, Lisa Hengl, Lotta Aavikko, Susanne Frewer-Graumann, Vera Gallistl, Claudia Müller
Abstract The rapid development of digital technologies and their increasing application in many areas of everyday life challenge all citizens to continuously learn digital skills. This also applies to older adults, among whom digital literacy is on average less well-developed than among younger adults. This article investigates why retired older adults participate in opportunities to learn digital
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Feminism, adult education and creative possibility: imaginative responses Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-09-11 Chloe Bellamy
Published in Studies in the Education of Adults (Vol. 55, No. 1, 2023)
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Investigating the quality of the integrated functional adult education program in Ethiopia Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-09-09 Samuel Getnet Abate, Kindu Ayechew Ayenalem, Samuel Zinabu Desta
Abstract Using a qualitative case study research design, this study examines the quality of the integrated functional adult education (IFAE) program in Ethiopia. Data were collected in Amhara Regional State from purposively selected nine adult education experts/officers and twelve adult educators (facilitators) through in-depth interviews. Document review was also employed as a data collection instrument
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Using popular culture in professional education to foster critical curiosity and learning Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-08-26 Kaela Jubas
Abstract This article presents findings from an inquiry at the nexus of three areas of adult education scholarship: critical pedagogy, university-based professional education, and popular culture. I am investigating how the incorporation of popular culture into professional education can foster students’ engagement with theory and thorny issues. Such engagement, I argue, promotes a critical form of
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Special issue on lived experience, learning, community activism and social change Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-08-16 Sharon Clancy, Kerry Harman, Iain Jones
Published in Studies in the Education of Adults (Vol. 54, No. 2, 2022)
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The power of narrative storytelling: How podcasts as an arts-based practice enhance solidarity and social activism in adult education Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-07-21 Amea Wilbur, Zahida Rahemtulla, Emily Amburgey, Shanga Karim, Diary Khalid Marif, Camille McMillan Rambharat, Mohammed Alsaleh
Abstract This article emerges from a podcast hosted by a Centre for Migration at a Canadian University in 2021. In this discussion, we explore how podcasts offer a unique and often under-researched arts-based medium that can be used as a form of creative expression to tell stories, build dialogue, and create solidarity. We argue that podcasts offer benefits and learning not only to the listeners but
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Emancipatory interests of multiple literacies for activism and community transformation Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-07-18 Suresh Gautam
Abstract Literacies are the social processes that emerge and sustain, from everyday life, representing and transforming the mundane and repeated activities which resist the unequal power adjustment in society. In this regard, informal learning and literacies cultivate critical reflexivity of people to perform like activists. This paper aims to explore informal learning and literacies that foster awareness
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Even the best may be forgotten: Laval University’s Centre for Adult Education and Community Development, 1951–1964 Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-07-13 Scott McLean
Abstract This article narrates the rise and fall of a notable adult education programme at Laval University in Quebec City, Canada. The Centre for Adult Education and Community Development was established in 1951, replacing the External Service for Social Education. In the 1950s, the Centre gained an international reputation for excellence in adult educational programming. The Centre developed a humanist
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Experiential farmer-education enigma: Unearthing approaches Ugandan educators adopt in contextualising instruction Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-07-13 Michael David Sumani, Blackson Kanukisya, Mpoki John Mwaikokesya
Abstract This paper describes how approaches espousing experiential education principles are adopted by farmer-educators to contextualise farmers’ learning and achievement of innovative farming practices. The study used qualitative case study methods of interviews, observations, and document review. Through purposive sampling techniques, twelve farmer-educators were selected from Bududa district. The
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European democratic values and communicative competence on mobility programmes targeting adults Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-07-07 Analí Fernández-Corbacho, Esther Cores-Bilbao
Abstract EU educational mobility programmes have long been geared towards not only the promotion of intercultural communicative competence but also the uptake of European civic values. While the linguistic and socio-cultural effects of European training mobilities have been extensively studied, their effectiveness in supporting active citizenship and the emergence of shared community values remains
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‘We are the soil’ to a movement with ‘peasants in the centre:’ The grassroots-social movement learning nexus in Roșia Montană, Romania Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-06-07 Taylor Witiw
Abstract Mining development often threatens rural areas with dispossession, but these processes foment learning and opposition by locals, their grassroots organisations, and transnational solidarity campaigns/movements. Emergent solidarity nexuses are sites of knowledge production and amplify grassroots struggles. This article explores how a local grassroots struggle against a proposed mining project
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Critical education in the Irish repeal movement Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-05-17 Camilla Fitzsimons
Abstract This article is written from a pro-choice perspective. Through a radical, inclusive feminist lens, I examine educational aspects of the Irish repeal movement; a 35 year long, grassroots movement that forced the hand of reluctant politicians into calling a referendum to repeal the eighth amendment. I draw from websites and media interviews, my own experience as an academic-activist, and aspects
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Pedagogies of hope and drug-related deaths in Scotland Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-05-02 John Player
Abstract The incidence of drug-related deaths in Scotland has reached crisis proportions. Comparable only to the rust belt States in the US these figures point to the impact of the rapid scale of deindustrialisation and a global neoliberal economy, based on austerity, deepening class divisions and a return to a more naked form of capitalism. The question is, does a critical pedagogy have a role to
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Interaction and meaning making in basic adult education for immigrants the case of Swedish for immigrants in Sweden (SFI) Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-04-22 Åsa Wedin, Annika Norlund Shaswar
Abstract In this article, focus is on students’ oral production in two classrooms in Swedish for immigrants (SFI). The study focuses on practices with interaction patterns where students are involved in negotiation of meaning. Theoretical basis is the importance of interpersonal interaction for language development, with a focus on students’ use of varied speaker roles and speech actions. Data were
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‘Eye-opening’: Case study of a documentary film series in a carceral setting Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-04-15 Lindsay McVicar, Carole Roy
Abstract Adult education has a long tradition of engagement in social justice, but prisoners do not seem to garner much attention. This paper presents the findings of a case study of nine incarcerated women who attended a weekly screening of a documentary followed by a discussion for four weeks and individual interviews with all participants. Preliminary data analysis shows four main findings. First
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Programme and classroom factors affecting attendance patterns for Hispanic participants in adult ESL education Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-04-07 Steven J. Carter, Lynn E. Henrichsen, Dennis L. Eggett
Abstract Absenteeism and attrition pose serious challenges in government-funded adult ESL programmes, inhibiting success rates, jeopardising funding, and potentially threatening programmes’ ability to continue to offer services. Because adult learners who enrol in programmes typically juggle numerous priorities and responsibilities beyond schooling, their engagement and attendance must be maintained
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Third age learners of foreign languages Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-03-28 Simin Zeng
Published in Studies in the Education of Adults (Vol. 55, No. 1, 2023)
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African social movement learning: the case of the Ada Songor Movement Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-03-28 Vijayita Prajapati
Published in Studies in the Education of Adults (Vol. 55, No. 1, 2023)
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Discourses, dialogue and diversity in biographical research Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-03-28 Martina Smith
Published in Studies in the Education of Adults (Vol. 55, No. 1, 2023)
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Doing critical and creative research in adult education Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-03-28 Jay Derrick
Published in Studies in the Education of Adults (Vol. 55, No. 1, 2023)
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Becoming a White antiracist: a practical guide for educators, leaders and activists Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-03-25 Lilian Nwanze
Published in Studies in the Education of Adults (Vol. 55, No. 1, 2023)
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Collective capacity building: Shaping education and communication in knowledge society Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-03-23 Jack Reed
Published in Studies in the Education of Adults (Vol. 55, No. 1, 2023)
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Resisting neoliberalism in education: Local, national and transnational perspectives Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-03-23 Garry Nicholson
Published in Studies in the Education of Adults (Vol. 55, No. 1, 2023)
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Politics, power and participation Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-03-22 Sharon Clancy, Nalita James, Virginie Thériault, George K. Zarifis
(2022). Politics, power and participation. Studies in the Education of Adults: Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 1-3.
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In and against global injustice: Decolonising popular education on global development Studies in the Education of Adults Pub Date : 2022-03-11 Sofia Österborg Wiklund
Abstract This article builds on a classroom study and interviews with facilitators and students on a travelling Folk High School course on global justice and development, an education that raises awareness about colonial history and contemporality. The study explores how the concept of being ‘in and against’ presents itself in the narratives of the research participants, and what those narratives can