Citizenship – abstraction or reality in the adult learning class?
How are the broad concerns on citizenship actually reflected in the micro-reality of the adult learning class?
Rise Up and Rise to the Occasion after Trump
How should social movements on the left in the United States reach beyond their existing ranks to organize and persuade more and more people across our country?
Freeing citizens’ energies: “Cooperative pacts” in Italy
In a time of general disaffection with institutions and political class, Italians are developing new forms of citizenship to create an authentic relationship with the state and public goods.
On complexity
Our best bet in equipping ourselves for the future is to retain a curious, learning mind.
Democracy in the making
The “refugee crisis” is a stress test for European societies. The challenge is not to foster migrants into pre-given democratic values, Magnus Dahlstedt argues. The challenge is to retain adult education’s ability to question pre-given values. The text is an essay written for issue 1/2017 on New Forms of Citizenship.
Nu Sta Djunto – Action instead of words
Nu Sta Djunto, a movement based in greater Lisbon, was created in 2013, after the massive anti-austerity demonstrations of 2012. Following the principles of solidarity, unity and horizontality, Nu Sta Djunto steps in where the state fails.
Learning prison – inmate education needs an update
Is transformative education the path to active citizenship, both old and new, for people in English and Welsh prisons?
“Humans, not just students” – In-service training boosts Danish educators’ skills
An educator's social skills are a prerequisite for effective teaching, argue Danish researchers.
Seedling of an Elm
Rock Elm seedling / Photo: Ptelea After the gods Odin, Vili and Vé had created Earth, they roamed its realms, admiring their handiwork. On a sea shore they came upon two fallen trees – an ash and an elm. The gods imbued these trees with life and a thirst for knowledge, and so the
Education for resilience
Education for resilience: adult and community education response to a context of crises * * This paper has been significantly revised from the version presented at the International Symposium of the Japan Society for the Study of Adult and Community Education in celebration of its 60th Anniversary on 29th September 2013 in Tokyo, Japan.
