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THEME ISSUE

Research & Practice of Adult Education 3/2021

Putting research into practice: challenges and opportunities in adult education 

Feature. New initiatives in Sweden are bringing practice-oriented research into adult education. Two Nordic experts share their insights about how adult education research and the use of it could be ...

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Education journals can be mediators and agenda setters

Feature. Adult education journals and publications are important communicators of research-based knowledge. More and more of them are becoming fully digital.

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Curiosity led Bjarne Wahlgren to work at the intersection of two worlds

For Bjarne Wahlgren, it was a natural choice to have one career line in education practice and one in academia. More focus on learning transfer is urgently needed, he argues.

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Sustainable knowledge transfer requires new ways of collaboration

Essay. The dialogue between research and practice in adult education must start with considering the fundamental differences between both systems, writes Peter Brandt from the DIE.

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Neuroscience research is vulnerable to hijacking in the self-improvement market

Neuroscience research will have a resounding effect on how we structure our own learning. But we need to be cautious about how the language of science is used in claims about learning.

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EDITORIAL

Journalism should be a bridge builder

Editorial. The journalistic media also plays a role in making research-based knowledge more accessible and visible in everyday life.

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SPOT ON

Strange Places: Weaving self and other in adult education research

Spot on. Research in adult education needs to address inequality but not at the expense of its students, Lisa Maria Reilly writes.

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Talking senior language students out of insecurities

Three quick ones. The older you get, the harder it is to learn a foreign language. Some would say almost impossible. But not Hungarian researcher Emese Schiller.

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“I wanted to change the system” – Three paths to research in adult education

Three Voices. Scholars from Iceland, Finland and Ireland share why they embarked on an academic career and how they chose their research topic.

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Bringing Bildung ideal to life: Q&A with Michiel Tolman

The Bildung Academy translates classical bildung theory into contemporary education programmes. The founder, Michiel Tolman, wanted to create a broader approach to educating adults.

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