learners
Learning & teaching
Teaching resilience as an employability skill in Wales
Resilience skills are embedded in employability courses by Adult Learning Wales, providing mature jobseekers and community newcomers with a range of ‘soft skills’ alongside the nuts and bolts of jobhunting.
Wif Stenger
Learning & teaching
Dearbháil Lawless: “Non-formal adult education puts learners at the heart of resilience”
The learner’s voice must be the central guide in non-formal adult education as it aims to bolster societal resilience, says Dearbháil Lawless. She leads Ireland’s National Adult Learning Organisation (AONTAS), which embeds adult learners’ voices into every stage of its activities.
Wif Stenger