Laughter brings participants together online
Spot On. Humour in education can be tricky to get right. In online training however, it is necessary for group cohesion and motivating learners, argues Toula Giannakopoulou.
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Spot On. Humour in education can be tricky to get right. In online training however, it is necessary for group cohesion and motivating learners, argues Toula Giannakopoulou.
Editorial. Amid societal and environmental threats, engaging in learning might lose its priority. It is important to keep asking what education can and should offer us.
Essay. The recent UNESCO report is calling us all to rethink our understanding of what education and lifelong learning mean, writes Jon Torfi Jonasson.
Oleg Smirnov from the Ukrainian educational NGO IDCIR talks about their work supporting citizens caught in a war.
Meet the board: Maja Maksimović believes that learning pathways should leave room for unpredictability, intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm.
Speakers’ Corner. Paulo Freire’s notions on reflection, genuine dialogue and critical thinking are still relevant today, writes Peter Mayo.
Interview. Therapists discuss the meaning of resilience in relation to their practice. They highlight the importance of engaging in an honest dialogue with oneself.
Reportage. A health organization trained local grandmothers, gogos, to help tackle rising mental health problems in the area. Gogos are respected in the community and easy to approach.
Editorial. If resilience has been appropriated and misused, it is up to us to reclaim and redefine it.
Spot on. Adult education needs to shift the focus from individual resilience onto multidisciplinary, systemic approaches, writes Björn Wallen.
Three Voices. Scholars from Iceland, Finland and Ireland share why they embarked on an academic career and how they chose their research topic.
Spot on. Discourse around opportunity and access often overshadows the realities of educational policies and structures in Europe, David Kazamias writes.