Mastodawn

Marcus Haile Apr 21, 2023

Add to the focus of #familyliteracy the goals for "parent literacy." - "some of the parents of those children have a hard time reading themselves." Enough with the "family literacy" workshops. Foster parent enrollment in #adultedu #adultliteracy.
https://www.sungazette.com/opinion/editorials/2023/04/adult-literacy-should-be-a-bigger-concern/

Adult literacy should be a bigger concern

A lot of attention is being paid to what our children are reading nowadays, turning once sedate classrooms and libraries into battlefields in our country’s never-ending culture wars. Some overzealous parents and community members have gone on book-banning benders, even though restricting the choices of young people and dampening their curiosity is hardly a path […]

Williamsport Sun-Gazette

Marcus Haile Mar 27, 2023

#adultedu is "increasingly taking place through new platforms and providers, and in non-institutional or non-traditional contexts."

That's The Literacy Alliance. Non-institutional and not-traditional.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-08-11-it-s-time-to-reboot-our-thinking-about-adult-learners-in-a-digitally-transformed-world

It’s Time to Reboot Our Thinking About Adult Learners in a Digitally Transformed World

As our economy enters a new era, so too must the world of postsecondary education.Twenty-five years after the Internet became commercially available, ...

EdSurge

Dörte Stahl Mar 21, 2023

Teaching and learning as resistance: Adult learnig and education (#ale) in rhe #Ukraine
"The Sumy city government provides learning spaces in the local bomb shelter. The adult education centre has resumed its usual program, in addition to the survival assistance it gives to people. ... Adult education centres, for instance the ones in Mykolajiw and Nikopol, are providing psychological support and first aid courses."
https://vhs.link/qYD9x4
#adultlearning #adultedu #Erwachsenenbildung

Betsy Rubin Dec 17, 2022

A Fifth of American Adults Struggle to Read. Why Are We Failing to Teach Them? #AdultEdu #AdultEducation #AdultLiteracy #Literacy

Report in @ProPublica by Annie Waldman, Aliyya Swaby and Anna Clark, with additional reporting by Nicole Santa Cruz, photography by Kathleen Flynn, special to ProPublica

https://www.propublica.org/article/literacy-adult-education-united-states

Why America Fails Adults Who Struggle to Read

The nation’s approach to adult education has so far neglected to connect the millions of people struggling to read with the programs set up to help them.

ProPublica

Dörte Stahl Dec 16, 2022

EAEA’s Working Group on Financing ALE has prepared several recommendations on improving the financial situation of adult learning and education at the European level for the sake of better quality assurance and sustainability.
https://eaea.org/2022/12/16/financing-adult-learning-and-education-in-europe/
#adultlearning #adultedu #lifelonglearning #funding

Financing adult learning and education in Europe - European Association for the Education of Adults

EAEA is happy to present its background paper on the annual theme 2022 on transformative learning and value. This year's theme was a voyage into new waters, a search and exploration of possibilities, partnerships, and perspectives, and most importantly, a journey to the heart of adult learning and education.

European Association for the Education of Adults

Dörte Stahl Nov 17, 2022

📌 The European Year of Skills could be "the perfect occasion for education stakeholders to campaign for the #EuropeanYearofSkills to go precisely beyond this misconception that education is responsible only for preparing people to be tomorrow’s workforce." says Andrea Lapegna Andrea Lapegna, Deputy Director of the Lifelong Learning Platform
❗️We should follow his advice.
https://elmmagazine.eu/news/the-eu-year-of-skills-opportunity-or-tokenism/

#adultlearning #lifelonglearning #adulteducation #adultedu

The EU Year of Skills, opportunity or tokenism? - Elm

2023 is a great opportunity to campaign for the European Year of Skills to go beyond the idea that education only exists to serve the labour market, writes Andrea Lapegna.

Elm

Dörte Stahl Nov 14, 2022

Online discussion on "Reskilling & Upskilling: Fostering Intergenerational cooperation."
➡️ Thursday, November 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at #EPALE
https://epale.ec.europa.eu/en/content/get-ready-upcoming-epale-discussion-about-reskilling-upskilling-fostering-intergenerational
#adultlearning #adultedu #lifelonglearning #adulteducation

Get ready for the upcoming EPALE discussion about "Reskilling & Upskilling: Fostering Intergenerational cooperation."

On Thursday 17 November, from 10 am to 4 pm CET, EPALE will be hosting an online discussion on "Reskilling & Upskilling: Fostering Intergenerational cooperation"The written discussion will be

EPALE - Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe

Dörte Stahl Nov 11, 2022

📍 Recommendation: The glossary of lifelong learning terms of the Lifelong Learning Platform:.
https://lllplatform.eu/lll/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/LLLGlossary.pdf

#lifelonglearning #adultlearning #adultedu

Se Ⓐnstapa Aug 15, 2022

Dr Jenny Butler's online course "Myth & Magic: An Introduction to the Study of Irish Folklore and Mythology" commences on 27 September 2022 at University College Cork UCC Adult Continuing Education - ACE:
All are welcome from any location as classes are online Tuesdays 7-9pm [Irish/UK Time/GMT] for 10 weeks. *Places are limited*

https://ace.open.ucc.ie/courses/ace2306-myth-and-magic-an-introduction-to-the-study-of-irish-folklore-and-mythology

#adulteducation #adultedu #Ireland #Irish #folklore #myth #mythology #festivals #traditions #fairies #witchcraft #magic #magical #otherworld