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Distinctively economic objectives for lifelong education, especially adult learning and education, feature prominently in policy-making agendas and educators’ practice in much of the world. Critics contend that humanistic and holistic visions of lifelong learning for all have been marginalised and neglected. The current turn of political attention to issues of planetary environmental sustainability and to global societal transformation and interconnectedness raises further questions and prospects. Two United Nations’ publications in 2015: UNESCO’s Rethinking Education: toward a global common good? and of the United Nations’ Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development pose intersecting concerns for lifelong learning and environmental sustainability. This article engages with those questions in particular regard to the role of adult learning and education. It discusses a field study of non-formal adult education in Ghana. The field study contributes evidence that resiliently humanistic conceptions and practices of non-formal adult education practically succeed to foster transformation, development and human flourishing. That effective humanism gives credence to the ambitiousness of UNESCO and UN agenda for transformation and sustainability and informs international debates. 相似文献
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Adults who enrol in higher education institutions (HEIs) often have contributions that could serve in enhancing the planning and implementation of their programmes. Importantly, while terms such as active learner engagement and knowledge co-creation dominate adult learning discussions, there are unanswered questions pertaining to how adult learners negotiate co-ownership of their learning. The current empirical study explores the relevant factors that could enhance adult learners’ involvement in negotiating co-ownership of learning in a higher education setting. A mixed method of gathering and analysing data from adult learners (n?=?200) was followed. While structural equation modelling (SEM) served as the quantitative data analysis method, codes, categories and themes developed from the focus group discussions and interviews were used to analyse the qualitative data. The study revealed that negotiating co-ownership of learning among adult learners in HEIs is influenced by the level of engagement and adult learners’ acquisition of relevant core knowledge and skills. The authors discuss the implications of the results by reflecting on the pluses of negotiating co-ownership of learning at the institutional and classroom levels while also showing how the lack of these provisions could hinder effective learning among adult learners. 相似文献
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This article reports a mixed methods study on the contribution of various aspects of pre-service student teachers’ learning in initial teacher education (ITE) to their professional competence in a Five-year Bachelor of Education Programme in Hong Kong. Special attention is given to how student teachers’ non-formal learning in higher education contributes to their professional competence, an under-researched area in teacher education. A total of 282 student teachers participated in the quantitative survey, 18 of whom were interviewed. Although Undergraduate Learning Experience: Formal Learning and Non-formal Learning was not the most highly rated factor, multiple regression indicated that it was the only ITE professional learning factor that significantly predicted all dimensions of professional competence. This supports the hypothesis that non-formal learning as a part of learning in higher education makes a significant contribution to student teachers’ professional competence. The qualitative findings showed that non-formal learning provided opportunities for service learning, co-curricular activities, and student exchange programmes with different objects of engagement. Student teachers constructed pedagogical content knowledge, general pedagogical knowledge, and knowledge of context through hands-on experiences, professional dialogue with practitioners, and observations of others’ practice. Such knowledge contributed to their competence in classroom teaching and to work in schools. Implications for ITE are discussed. 相似文献
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Ajayi Elizabeth Aanuoluwapo 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》2019,65(6):859-877
Adults, unlike children, have a wide variety of prior experiences and knowledge which they bring to the processes of learning they engage in at later stages of life. This difference between teaching children (pedagogy) and teaching adults was identified by Malcolm Knowles in the 1980s. He coined the term andragogy to describe the art and science of helping adults learn. Andragogy is premised on five key tenets: self-concept; experience; readiness to learn; orientation to learn; and motivation. These are often absent from the conventional facilitation methods used for adult learning and education (ALE) in Nigeria. The author of this article notes that many ALE programmes fail to meet the needs and expectations which motivate learners to engage in a course. She argues that for learning outcomes to be more successful, teaching methods need to be more creative and take learners’ prior experience and knowledge into consideration. After reviewing literature on the topic of adult learning, this article examines conventional methods of facilitating ALE in South West Nigeria. The author points out some of these methods’ shortcomings and suggests that one viable approach to addressing these might be to introduce the use of traditional folklore for andragogical purposes. The author posits that integrating oral tradition would also enable a more playful approach to adult learning. In a practice-oriented vein, she discusses the innovative and andragogical elements inherent in folktales, lullabies, folksongs, poetry, proverbs and riddles, illustrating her discussion with Yoruba examples. She concludes that folklore is useful as an independent or integral ALE facilitation method, with promising potential to make ALE more effective.
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李中亮 《黑龙江教育学院学报》2006,25(5):105-107
成人学员的特征是开展成人高等教学的基础。成人学员具有较强的学习能力、独立的人格、丰富的经验和突出的问题意识等特征。成人高等教学必须注重师生主体间性、教学内容针对性、启发式教学和学员自我导向学习。 相似文献
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Balázs Németh 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》2011,2(2):107-125
The Belém Framework for Action underlines, among many other issues, that quality in adult learning and education must be holistic and multidimensional both
as a concept and in practice, using various tools such as partnerships with higher education institutions. Bridging adult
and higher education is difficult, but the lifelong learning paradigm may help European universities to meet the challenge.
This paper argues that European higher education institutions should, on the one hand, educate adults to qualify them for
their complex roles in society and economy either through academic programmes or in other, non-formal ways. On the other hand,
higher education institutions should promote quality research on adult learning and education and develop active citizenship
too. Emphasis was clearly given to the former task in the Budapest Statement in December 2008 as part of the European preparatory process for CONFINTEA VI, and the latter has been articulated by UNESCO
for more than a decade. This paper suggests that a balanced position may help universities in setting themselves up as better
and more effective learning organisations. 相似文献
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《British Educational Research Journal》2003,29(4):489-503
One of the most significant features of the educational reforms introduced since 1989 has been the emphasis on raising achievement levels. One of the dangers of this emphasis is that teachers and learners become instrumental in their approach to teaching and learning. Research on the creative mediation of policy shows that primary teachers appropriate reforms and adapt them to ensure a high level of learner involvement in learning. This pilot study of three Year 5 and 6 classes focuses on the creative teaching strategies used to maintain learner involvement in the wake of all the reforms of the 1990s. In particular, the study uses learner perspectives as a major part of the data set. The tentative conclusions are that the clarification of learning objectives with the learners and the reconstruction of appropriate creative learning contexts has had an effect in countering learner instrumentalism. These approaches were effective in developing learners' awareness of the learning process and enabled them to articulate perspectives concerning those processes. However, the study did not find much evidence of teachers incorporating these learner perspectives into their curriculum and pedagogic programmes. 相似文献
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再造学员间网上聚会以创造更好的学生支持服务环境 总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0
本文旨在阐述以瑞典民众高中和学习协会为独特形式的瑞典非正规成人教育中远程教育的特征。依据瑞典民众高中和学习协会的办学哲学思想,“会议式学习”是建构式学习的基石,特别是当学习的目的不是为了应付考试而进行信息复制时,更是如此。当学生需要进行分析和批判性地讨论时,他们需要组织小组会议以取得对论题的深刻理解。“会议式学习”这一独特特征在瑞典民众高中和学习协会中的实践已有一个世纪之久。现在,这种在修课学员之间组织小组面对面会议又在现代远程教育中再现,以创造一个更灵活的学习环境,促进深层次学习和提供更好的学生支持服务。瑞典民众高中的教师和学习圈的圈长越来越意识到,在现代化的信息技术的辅助下,创造远程的更好的学习条件是可能的。他们还认识到,创建一个学员们可以聚会、互相学习并相互给予更好支持的虚拟网上论坛也是可能的。而且,实践结果越来越清楚地显示出:远程学习并不只是第二等的选择,与面对面的会议相比,两者各具优点。 相似文献
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Satu Tuomainen 《International Journal of Lifelong Education》2013,32(6):676-688
ABSTRACTRecognition of prior learning (RPL) is a principle in education to acknowledge and validate learning acquired during and throughout an individual’s lifetime. Formal, non-formal and informal learning can be assessed, recognised and accredited for various purposes in an individual’s education or professional life. The methods of assessing prior learning vary across educational levels but examinations and portfolios are the most common methods in European higher education. This study investigated how Finnish university students perceived and RPL examination as the method of recognising their non-formal and informal learning of English for academic purposes. During a three-year period data were collected with a questionnaire and interview from RPL participants studying Business and Economics, and with an electronic survey with non-participant students from the same degree programme. The findings indicate that Finnish university students in both groups preferred the examination as the RPL method for non-formal and informal learning of academic English, and some RPL participants were critical of the option of a portfolio for the assessment of prior language learning. This can be seen to emphasise the use of similar assessment methods in both the RPL assessment and the equivalent formal learning instruction. 相似文献
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美国成人教育家乔治·雷克具有丰富的教学经验,在总结多年的小组教学实践的基础上,他最近出版了《小组教学指导》一书,详细阐释了个体与群体的差异、成人课程的设计原则、小组教学指导方法等问题,对当今我国的成人教育具有一定的借鉴价值。 相似文献
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Michael Hough 《Distance Education》1984,5(1):7-23
This paper attempts to address the problem of motivating adults, particularly but not only in the context of distance teaching. Its approach is needs based, in that it identifies in some detail the needs and interests of adults, due to an acceptance of a viewpoint promoted constantly in adult learning theories – that effective learning should be based on the needs and interest characteristics of the adult learner.
Thus this paper will attempt to: review the general principles of adult learning; describe in detail the nature of the adult learner; as suggested by current literature; provide suggestions for the design of learning programmes for adults; review some implications for tertiary colleges and their staff, particularly those engaged in correspondence teaching, of accepting ideas about motivation derived from adult learning theories. 相似文献
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Critical reflection can support alternative decision-making in business practice. This paper examines the effectiveness of a risk-based pedagogy to engage practitioners in reflective thinking. Educators adopting a radical pedagogy in professionally accredited programmes face multiple challenges: learners often resist the process of self-reflection and stakeholders expect instrumental outcomes. A longitudinal study of human resource practitioners uses an interpretivist methodology to examine reflection through student-led learning and experiential activity. Findings show that a pedagogical method that overturns learner expectations stimulates dynamic discussion and reflection on experience. Implications are that effective risk-based teaching relies on establishing two conditions: (1) a scaffold structure which supports learner improvisation and (2) a lecturer willingness to continually orchestrate chance elements to maximise learning. This study contributes a practice-based understanding of the theoretical development of risk pedagogy, and adds new insights on the process of facilitating reflective skills to enable business practitioners to confront unpredictable work situations. 相似文献
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梁美凤 《福建教育学院学报》2007,8(4):63-65
成人公共教育学科要保持住应有的生命力,只能走教学、科研、实践一体化的道路。在指导思想上注重应用性;教学内容上侧重于“问题”;教学形式上强调“参与”;改革考核方式,以考促学。 相似文献
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白丹 《辽宁教育行政学院学报》2007,24(3):53-54
近年来,自主学习得到我国的教育界的极大关注。根据对自主学习问题的研究,探讨教师自身的因素对推广自主学习的影响,以达到提高教师对自身文化背景、教学理念、教学方法以及课堂教学具体策略与自主学习之间关系的认知,目的是在课堂教学中培养学生的自主学习的能力,深化素质教育。 相似文献
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Charlotte N． Gunawardena 《开放教育研究》2005,11(5):54-60
With the rapid global proliferation of the Internet and telecommunication networks , online education , one form of distance education is currently becoming the fastest growing trend of domestic and international education. A major challenge to designing online learning is the development of appropriate means to facilitate the social environment that is critical for higher order learning in many disciplines. In many online learning designs, the majority of resources are channeled to web interface design and technology, while little or no resources are devoted to facilitating the teaching and learning process, the negotiation of meaning and the validation of knowledge among peers and instructors that depends on a conducive socio-cultural environment and adequate learner support. 相似文献
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Membership in voluntary associations and participation in adult education programmes have long been recognized by researchers in the fields of adult education and sociology as closely related forms of participatory behaviour. This inquiry realizes the potential of this relationship for the study of participation in adult education programmes through the reformulation of a sociological construct called personal influence. It is argued that personal influence in the form of face‐to‐face contact with primary and secondary influentials is at the heart of recruitment strategies targeted at adults, is often an important component of an adult's decision to participate in formally organized learning activities, and may play a critical role in retention and instruction of the adult learner. Secondary analysis of research on voluntary associations, social movement organizations, and adult education programmes, together with data on two populations of adult learners from ar ongoing large scale study of Adult Basic Education participants, underscores the importance of personal influence for explaining the entire range of participatory action and interaction. 相似文献
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远程教育的主要对象是在职人员,学生的主体是成人：戍人学生在学习过程中会表现出明显的个性差异,其中学习风格的差异是个性特征在学习中的具体表现。为进一步提高远程教学的自适应性,必须充分考察成人学习风格对学习绩效的影响问题。本文对此进行了定量分析以提供支持性资料和形成整体性认识．并从认知风格、教学风格、情感交流等方面提出了进一步的探讨,以便在教学目标和学生偏好之间找到更好的“结合点”。 相似文献
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Thomas J. La Belle 《比较教育学》2000,36(1):21-36
This article highlights the history of innovation and creativity in non-formal education programming in Latin America since the 1920s. These include community-based programmes, literacy, fundamental education, community development, technical vocational training, extension education, consciousness raising, popular education, and community schooling. With the economic downturn in the 1980s, non-formal education became less viable as part of socio-economic development strategies owing partly to the social progress made in the region, a shift to schooling as a priority and the pulling back of governments from social service funding. Nevertheless, the 1980s saw the informal economy and social movements as emerging avenues for non-formal education programming and non-governmental agencies became the dominant vehicle for educational delivery. During the 1990s, technical education was going through privatisation and adult basic education was being criticised and overhauled. Citizenship education, a potential avenue for non-fomal education investment in the newly democratised region is identified as an area overlooked by policy makers. Similarly, the growing needs of the indigenous populations of the region and urban youth unemployment are singled out as potential areas for non-formal education programming. 相似文献
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Griff Foley 《British Journal of Sociology of Education》1993,14(1):21-37
Adult education research has tended to concentrate on the pragmatics of facilitating learning and developing educational programmes in institutionalised settings. Critical, contextual analysis of adult learning, and studies of informal learning, are both relatively neglected in the adult education literature. Applying concepts drawn from contestation theory to data from two Australian women's learning centres, this paper suggests that, while women gain considerable knowledge from adult education courses conducted in community centres, the informal, incidental or embedded learning that takes place as women participate in these centres is also very significant. This experiential learning enables women to make sense of and act on their environment, and to come to understand themselves as knowledge‐creating, acting being. It appears that much of this informal learning is generated by conflict between people within the centres. 相似文献
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近年来,联合国教科文组织成员国的终身学习政策与实践的发展显示,年轻人和成人在生活经验中对于知识、技能与竞争力获取的需求日益增长,因为,当今他们的生活经验也面临着被衡量、被确认和承认。根据这种需求,许多成员国已经开发出了能够认可、核定与认证各种正式学习和非正式学习成果的机制,而更多的国家还在开发的过程当中。此次演讲将涉及到以下内容:1)回顾正式学习与非正式学习在教育与培训系统中的定位;2)分析正式学习与非正式学习认可、核定与认证对教育、经济和社会发展所做出的贡献;3)认可、核定与认证的过程:方法与工具;4)强调认可、核定与认证的参考点:标准、资格及资格框架;5)对被认可的利益攸关者及他们的作用定义;6)指出开发全国的认可、核定与认证系统面临的机遇与挑战。演讲总结部分包括对于首要任务、核心解决办法和开发全国的认可、核定与认证系统政策与策略的建议。这些建议包括:1)提倡增强将正式学习与非正式学习纳入到国民终身学习战略的认识;2)赋予缺少受教育机会的弱势群体以优先权;3)开发一个综合性的全国资格框架;4)加强过程、标准、衡量、评估工具与技术的开发;5)加强利益攸关者之间的交流与合作;6)转变现有教育和培训机构以及其他教育提供者;7)给学习者和潜在的学习者提供信息、指导和咨询;8)给联合国教科文组织成员国的技术协助提供方便,并加强重要人力资源的能力建设及优秀实践的分享;9)开发一个有成本效益与成本效率的金融支持体系;10)为地区间与次地区间的合作提供方便。 相似文献