Learning & teaching
This category offers articles on best practices in learning and teaching, as well as the benefits and challenges of adult education and lifelong learning. These articles also explore global societal phenomena and their connections to lifelong learning.
PIAAC is a weapon for the lobbyist
Five adult education experts describe the reactions prompted by PIAAC results in their countries.
EAEA statement on PIAAC results
EAEA calls for investment in adult learning as PIAAC results are launched.
Inclusive education and intercultural opening
Migrants participate less in continuing education. This is problematic for integration policy. This article examines how to solve this problem.
Parental support for migrant families
Civil society in Sweden partnered with young migrants to support their parenthood.
A Super-Diverse City – Migration and adult learning in Leicester
Learning has contributed to the success of inward migration in Leicester, still addressing the inequalities that continue to exist.
Migration and rural areas – a challenge for adult education in Thuringia
Migrants are a much needed but problematic issue in rural areas. Adult education creates novel ways of integration.
Migrants are doing it by themselves
Alma Bekturganova and Rose Anne Valera organise learning for other migrants in Denmark, guiding them through the informal rules of Danish society.
In the camp: refugee camps and adult education
Residents of the biggest refugee camp in the world are in need of education.
Freedom, learning, homesickness
A folk high school is full of stories. Here are some, from migrant students.
La Verneda: Contributions from democratic adult education to lifelong learning
Education providers are concerned with type of participation of adult learners, essentially migrants. This article describes factors of success of education in La Verneda and reflects on centrality of learning for lifelong learning.