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Adult education needs shame busting

Speakers’ Corner. Shame is often at the heart of resistance to adult learning, writes Professor Jude Walker. We need to drag shame into the daylight to diminish its power.

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We need to start taking resistance to education seriously

Three Quick Ones. We need to acknowledge that people have many valid reasons for not participating in adult education, argues Professor Daniela Holzer.

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Courage, skills and mashed potatoes

Feature. Protesting is a key part of democratic culture and a strong civil society. Successful protesting often requires learning a variety of different tactics.

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The radical politics of intimate spaces: Akwugo Emejulu on bell hooks

Dialogues with the past. Professor Emejulu discusses bell hooks’ lasting influence on pedagogy, solidarity and resistance.

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A Man with Hope

World of Research. Emeritus Professor Linden West delves into the stories of marginalised people to understand obstacles to adult learning, and to encourage dialogue and democratic participation.

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Climate change education requires different tools in urban and rural settings

Feature. African countries suffer disproportionately from the consequences of climate change, but have little control over climate policy.

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The power of memories

Q&A. We talked to Professor Aline Sierp about better acknowledging the way collective memories shape our views, politics – and even the ongoing war in Ukraine.

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Pathways from childhood outdoor experiences to engagement in later life – the view from older outdoor enthusiasts

This paper is based on the life stories of 28 older outdoor enthusiasts who reflect on their engagement with a range of outdoor activities during their lives. Their stories reveal that there are parti...

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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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“I don’t really believe in the idea of passive knowledge transfer”

World of research. Irene-Angelica Chounta explores how hackathons and other types of “digital making” can make academic learning a more hands-on experience.

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Making the outer inner: adults need play too

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.

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Engagement is an emotional business

World of Research. Pascale Mompoint-Gaillard’s research provides insights about supporting engagement, particularly in an online environment. Emotions really matter in engaging learning, she says.

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  • Advocacy (87)
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  • Gender (18)
  • Good practices & innovation (141)
  • Media (46)
  • Migration (21)
  • Minorities (33)
  • Nonformal learning (156)
  • Pedagogy (73)
  • Policy (67)
  • Project (39)
  • Research (79)
  • Technology (49)
  • Third age (26)
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  • Working life (41)
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