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Adult Education and Learning in a Precarious Age : New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, Number 138.
UNESCO's 1997 CONFINTEA V conference in Hamburg has been described as the high-water mark of international adult education policy-making. It produced one of the most utopian statements about adult education and learning of the past 25 years: the Hamburg Declaration on Adult Learning and Agenda...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Wiley,
2013.
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| Colección: | J-B ACE Single Issue Adult & Continuing Education.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Adult Education and Learning in a Precarious Age: The Hamburg Declaration Revisited; Copyright; Contents; Editors' Notes; References; 1. Subjects to Citizens: Adult Learning and the Challenges of Democracy in the Twenty-First Century; Arab Spring; The Occupy Movement; Conclusion; References; 2. Literacy and UNESCO: Conceptual and Historical Perspectives*; Literacy and UNESCO, 1946-2000; Literacy and UNESCO, 2000-2010; UNESCO's Future in Literacy; References; 3. Adult Education of Women for Social Transformation: Reviving the Promise, Continuing the Struggle; CONFINTEA's Multiple Promises.
- The Empirical Evidence on Government ActionA Predictable Path and Possibilities for Escaping It; Conclusions; References; 4. From the Quixotic to the Pragmatic: The Hamburg Declaration, Adult Education, and Work; Globalization and Changing Work Relationships; Learning Regions; Collaboration, Creativity, and Productivity; Self-Direction, E-Learning, and Technology; Career Pathways; References; 5. Adult Learning, Education, and the Environment; From the "Human" Environment to Climate Change; Environmental Education; The Forward March of Hamburg and the Setback at Belém.
- Plus Ça Change ... : Rio+20 and BeyondEducative Activism; The "New Education"-Environment, Health, and Population; Ways Forward; References; 6. Adult Learning and the Promise of New Technologies; The Digital Age and (In)equality of Participation; Different Dimensions of the Digital Divide; Impact of New Technologies on Teaching and Learning; Strengths and Opportunities of e-Learning for Adults; Widening Access to Educational Resources; Copyright Issues of Online Learning; Weaknesses and Threats of Omnipresent Digital Technologies; Conclusions; References.
- 7. The Gap Between Aspiration and PracticeReferences; 8. The Economics of Adult Education; Investment in AE; Overview of Funding Mechanisms; Key Problems and Constraints; Ways Forward; References; 9. Whither Utopia?; Adult Education's Political Dimensions; Organizational Roles in Policy Formation; Positive Changes; What Next?; References; Index.