CONFINTEA VII – what to expect?
Katarina Popovic from ICAE answers some questions about this milestone event and the civil society’s role in it.
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Katarina Popovic from ICAE answers some questions about this milestone event and the civil society’s role in it.
Spot on. More people are moving to online environments to create their own learning communities beyond institutional structures, writes Pascale Mompoint-Gaillard.
Student Voice. Doing an Erasmus MA during the pandemic taught Viktoriya Ivanenko that studying online cannot replace engaging with a new culture.
News story. Can intergenerational learning save traditional crafts and be the future of apprenticeship teaching?
Three quick ones. Play is often cited as ‘the work of children’, but play does not leave us when we become adults, says Dr Peter King.
Digital Storytelling helps people visualise their personal stories in a simple but creative way. At the same time, they learn important digital skills.
A news story. A Zimbabwean social enterprise is teaching women the art of macramé. The women are also learning about sustainability and creative product development.
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.