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Pedagogy

Humanising the human – why Freire’s legacy still resonates across the world

Three Voices. A PhD student, education specialist and professor share how Paulo Freire has affected their thinking and approach to work.

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Tools for democratic education

Toolkit. Three educators and innovators introduce their methods for more democratic learning and creating.

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Make democracy great again

Editorial. If people are fed up with democracy, educators need to come up with new ways to demonstrate the tangible value of democracy but also facilitate open discussion about its failings.

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Democracy has been proven fragile – what can adult education do to make it stronger?

Feature. Experts and researchers call for adult education to return to its roots and reinvent political education.

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Continuing Education? No thanks!

Speakers' Corner. Resistance to continuing education is a reasonable, meaningful, legitimate defence against the imposition of the endless learning efforts adults are confronted with.

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Shame is not a good place to start learning

Editorial. What comes to mind if you think about numeracy or financial skills? For too many people, the strongest feeling is shame.

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Lack of understandable economics widens existing inequalities

Spot on. Digital and financial literacy are widely accepted as fundamental skills for everybody. Why not add economic literacy to that list?

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When numbers are a foreign language

Interview. Dyscalculia is a specific but not yet extensively researched difficulty in understanding numbers. Having faced difficulties with maths for most of their lives, dyscalculic adult learners mi...

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The real numeracy needs of 21st century are neglected

Feature. Generic numeracy training is rarely interesting or helpful for most adults, researchers claim. Instead, adult education should help people to critically evaluate the structures behind our dat...

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Beliefs matter in numeracy education

Interview. Beliefs in adult education should be studied more, says researcher Sonja Beeli. Personal learning histories and specific incidents strongly influence someone’s view of mathematics – and...

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Bringing digital empowerment into everyday life

Reportage. For the past three years, Lisbon City Council has been working to demystify the use of everyday technology. When covid-19 suspended all in-person training, helping people to use digital too...

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Pandemic perpetuates inequalities in learning

Feature. Across Europe, educationally vulnerable adults are now at a particularly high risk of being left behind. But the inherent flexibility of the ALE sector can also be a key in tackling the crisi...

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SUBJECTS

  • Advocacy (54)
  • Citizenship & society (131)
  • Culture (41)
  • Environment (20)
  • Formal learning (32)
  • Gender (14)
  • Good practices & innovation (85)
  • Media (30)
  • Migration (16)
  • Minorities (22)
  • Nonformal learning (97)
  • Pedagogy (39)
  • Policy (46)
  • Project (25)
  • Research (52)
  • Technology (26)
  • Third age (15)
  • Wellbeing (41)
  • Working life (28)
  • Youth (11)

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  • Advocacy
  • Citizenship & society
  • Culture
  • Environment
  • Formal learning
  • Gender
  • Good practices & innovation
  • Media
  • Migration
  • Minorities
  • Nonformal learning
  • Pedagogy
  • Policy
  • Project
  • Research
  • Technology
  • Third age
  • Wellbeing
  • Working life
  • Youth