The Adult Learner 2011
Summary
Contents
Editorial comment, Rob Mark, editor
Section 1 - Peer Reviewed Articles
Adult learning, health and well-being - changing lives
John Field, University of Stirling
Taking charge at any age: Learning and wellbeing by older men through community organisations in Australia
Barry Golding, University of Ballarat
Extending the assessment of literacy as social practice
John Stewart, National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA)
Irish-African partnership and research capacity building for development: potential to learn from research for the education and lifelong learning sector
Goretti Nakabugo, University of Kwazulu-natal & Rob Mark, University of Strathclyde
Could integrating development education into adult and community education create more space for critical adult and community education in Ireland?
Natasha Bailey, Aontas, National Adult Learning Organisation
Section 2 - Practice Articles
Let's talk about solutions!
Grace Finlay, Co Wexford Vocational Education Committee
Using autoethnography to explore and critically reflect upon changing identity
Annmarie Judge Preston, Adult Guidance Counsellor with Blanchardstown Area Partnership Local Employment Service
Charting the learning journey of a group of adults returning to education
Des Mooney, Dublin Institute of Technology
Section 3 - Book reviews
Habermas, Critical Theory and Education
Mark Murphy & Ted Fleming (eds.) (2009) Routledge, London
Gendered Choices: Learning, Work, Identities in Lifelong Learning
Sue Jackson, Irene Malcolm, Kate Thomas (eds.) (2011) Springer, London
Community Education: more than just a course: Exploring the outcomes and impact of Department of Education and Skills Funded Community Education. (2011)
AONTAS, Dublin
Innovations in Lifelong Learning: Critical Perspectives on Diversity, Participation andVocational Learning,
Sue Jackson (eds) (2011), Routledge, London
Call for papers 2012 Edition
