How to lie with statistics
Feature. Statistics are used for clarifying big data and making it more comprehensible. They can also be used in misleading ways, either by accident or in order to influence us. Do we actually underst...
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Feature. Statistics are used for clarifying big data and making it more comprehensible. They can also be used in misleading ways, either by accident or in order to influence us. Do we actually underst...
Reportage. The job of teaching in a refugee community is full of challenges. The Lebanon-based Syrian organisation Multi Aid Programs trains both children and adults to cope with daily life but also p...
News story. Both elderly people and migrants are at risk of becoming isolated in many societies. With the right training, seniors can use their life experience and help newcomers to integrate into the...
Feature. Child sexual abuse continues to be a widespread phenomenon in Europe despite a European convention expressly requiring all countries to be effective in protecting children. Adult education is...
Reportage. The EU has invested a lot of money and human resources in an ePlatform for Adult Learning in Europe, EPALE. How does it work? In honour of the five-year anniversary, Michael Sommer listed ...
Toolkit. While teaching primary school children requires a qualification, in many countries virtually anyone can declare themselves to be an adult educator. The GRETA project in Germany is trying to f...
Feature. Grandma Came to Work is a project with a wide scope: the participants are elderly women who create design objects, break stereotypes and have fun - and gain health benefits as a side product.
Editorial. Education seems to have many benefits for health – and being able to make better decisions about whom to resort to in times of sickness might be one of them.
Interview. Research study on the ability to understand health issues, communicate about health and take decisions about health has had a successful continuum.
News story. Instead of looking for company and discussing their issues, men tend to isolate themselves. This leads to many kinds of health issues, which the Men's Sheds movement is targeting.
Toolkit. The Danish Adult Education Association is working on this question and will now share some of the observations it has made so far.
Editorial. However closely it might affect our lives, many EU citizens struggle to keep track of EU issues. For adult educators, however, it’s increasingly becoming a necessity.