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THEME ISSUE

Adult Education and Validation 1/2019

Validation processes set to gain from 21st-century innovations – Challenges in certification still hampering learners

Feature. The modern world of open borders, workforce mobility and ever more digital and non-formal learning opportunities pose a validation challenge: a need to establish up-to-date methods for recogn...

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Who is qualified to be an adult educator?

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...

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The notion of validation dominates the way we recognise learning – and this is why it is a problem

Interview. French learning technology expert challenges the monopoly of institutional validation and shares his view on how learning should be recognised.

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EDITORIAL

Validation in adult education – citizen’s right or a bugbear of achievement society

Editorial. How do you prove that you have a certain skill? This is the question on everyone’s lips in the field of non-formal or liberal adult education. My question was, do I really have to?

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SPOT ON

The recognition of all learning – not a utopia but a service package!

Spot on. It is time to update traditional ideas about the recognition of learning, and to adopt a model from the world of children and young people, writes Lauri Tuomi, CEO of the Finnish Lifelong Lea...

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Improving Portugal’s levels of education at Qualifica Centres

Interview. Qualifica centres are state-supported validation and qualification centres for adults. The results are promising, as the example of Azambuja's Qualifica centre shows.

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 A badge for (working) life

Three quick-ones. Skills-based badges not only recognise a learner’s achievements but also boost their self-esteem and motivation.

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Adult Education and Democracy

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Adult education and Numeracy&Finance

What are the real needs for numeracy and financial literacy education for adults?

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Adult Education and the Unexpected

How can adult education best respond to change and help people deal with unpredictable events in life?

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