Three quick ones. Migration can be an advantage when the fertility rates decline in Europe. Adult education is a key to integrating the adults, says anthropologist Björn Wallén.
Speakers’ Corner. At the beginning of last year in Finland, a necessary reform entered into force in which the role of liberal adult education institutes in the training of basic skills to immigrant...
Feature. In Austria, community media has had a significant role in teaching adults critical media literacy. The inspiring case brings front a conclusion: while it is important to reflect on media rec...
Interview. Recognizing that people have suffered and that we have been responsible for their suffering serves to strengthen relationships, says memory scholar Aleida Assmann.
Editorial. If we wish to integrate all excluded individuals and minority groups in the society, we’d better be prepared to talk about awkward issues.
Feature. Liberal adult education has an important role in integrating migrants in Finland.
Interview. Celia Skaarup from the Danish Adult Education Association explains the findings of a study of the barriers and the good practice of integrating migrants and refugees into Danish adult educa...
Reportage. Hundreds of thousands of refugees struggle with their daily lives in their new home land. Studying a part-time skills course or learning a local language can create a sense of belonging, bo...
Editorial. Mental health problems continue as one of the major public health problems in Europe. The good news is that adult educators stand on the side of a solution.
More autonomy to adult educators on curriculum. More encounters between migrants and natives. More support for progressives within migrant communities. Bernd Käpplinger proposes ideas for adult educa...
Essay. 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 adul...
As narrow-minded, chauvinistic nationalism is rising in Europe, those who value an international world with freedoms and opportunities should probably start to worry a bit – and channel it into ...
Feature. Right-wing populist or nationalist movements can be found in almost every country in Europe and many of them are receiving avalanches of votes. The movements have countless different factors ...
Validation of refugees' prior learning is an identity question, making their competences and culture "visible" in the new home country, argues researcher Natalija Vrečer
World of research. Migrants run the risk of exclusion and turning into the “Other” in their new societies, also in adult education. For migration researcher Annette Sprung, research ...
With all this noise, it is difficult to form an informed opinion to return to the origin of the word crisis. Adult education must help in this by providing media education, and opportunities for open ...
Where are we now with the “refugee crisis” in Europe? How is adult education helping?
Three quick ones A local refugee integration model combining language and vocational training with work placements gives promising results in Italy.
Reportage. Najib, a Syrian teacher, arrived in Germany last autumn as an asylum seeker. This is a story of his journey along the European refugee route, into his new role as a refugee, and learner.
Essay Both refugees and native populations need to learn during the refugee crisis. Amina Hadžiomerović looks at how media can support refugees’ transition by providing learning content ...
Interview. The refugee crisis has stirred up racism in the Finnish society, with vigilante militia patrolling the streets. A parody countergroup of women challenge the militiamen with a message of mod...
Speakers' corner. Greece needs a common strategy, a relocation plan and education initiatives to deal with the massive influx of refugees -along with more respect for its dealing with the refugee...
Interview. Palestinian teacher Hanan Al-Hroub, winner of the Global Teacher Prize, heals wounds through games and playful pedagogy.
Radical islamists and far-right nationalists are extreme poles of the same phenomenon: both feel marginalised, argues diversity educator Robin Sclafani.
Spirituality and religion are an integral part of the human condition. Religion shares many aspects with learning and education: a search for meaning, knowledge claims, canons and traditions.
Stockholm-based Mustafa Al-Sayed Issa found a community in the Muslim study organisation, Ibn Rushd. Now he works there as a volunteer to help Muslims to live as Swedes without losing track ...
Literacy and language learning are top priorities for the handful of Afghan refugees in Slovenia. But motivation crumbles if eviction is a possibility.
