The Adult Learner Journal

The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education: The Adult Learner is a valuable resource that documents the development of adult learning policy and practice. It provides a forum for critical reflection on the practices of teaching and learning, giving priority to subject matter that addresses social exclusion, equality, workplace learning and the study of the teacher/student relationship.

Founded in the mid-1980s, this highly-regarded journal is essential reading for anyone interested in or studying adult learning. It is the only peer-reviewed journal of adult and community education in Ireland.

Call for Articles 2024

The call is now open for articles for the 2024 edition of The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education: The Adult Learner.

The deadline is Friday, 16th February at 5pm

Download the 2024 Call for Articles for more information.

All articles must follow The Adult Learner Style Guide. Check out the new style guide here. 

Find information on the criteria for submitting an article to The Adult Learner here: Journal Criteria

To learn more about the peer-review process for The Adult Learner, download this infographic: Peer-review Process

Find out about the peer-review timeline here: Peer-review timeline. 

 

Writers' Workshops

If you are interested in contributing to the 2024 edition of The Adult Learner, join us at our Writers Workshops! They are are hosted by members of the journal's Editorial Board. You can learn valuable tips and ideas about how to develop a great article. 

 

The first Writers’ Workshop on the Style Guide and Developing Articles will take place on 22 November 2023 at 10am.

Find out more about Workshop 1 here. 

We'll hold an online discussion to launch the 2023 edition of the Adult Learner Journal on 08 December 2023, also at 10am.

Find out more about the discussion here. 

 

Want to know what the Writers' Workshops are all about? 

Recordings of previous workshops are available on our YouTube channel.

A workshop on 30th November 2022 covered the Style Guide and how to develop articles. Take a look: 

A subsequent workshop on 11th January 2023 went through the process of finalising articles. Take a look: 

A Look back at 2022

Download the 2022 edition of the Adult Learner Journal from our Latest Publications.

The 2022 edition of The Adult Learner Journal created a space to reflect on how success is measured in adult, community, and further education. What does success mean? Do our measures capture what success means to learners? 

We launched the 2022 edition of The Adult Learner Journal on 21 November 2022. The launch featured speakers and ideas focused on the theme Measuring Success in Adult, Community, and Further Education. We looked at how this relates to wider topics such as adult learning for social transformation, measuring success, inclusion and human rights, learner voice and identity, as well as critical pedagogy and the reflective practitioner. 

Contributors to the 2022 Journal shared some of the key messages from their articles. There were also discussion groups, hosted by authors and members from the Editorial Board. 

LATEST JOURNALS

The Adult Learner 2009

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All editions of The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education: The Adult Learner,
from 1985 – 2022, are available free of charge for download here.

Dearbháil Lawless

Dearbháil Lawless

Chair of Editorial Board

Dearbháil Lawless

Chair of Editorial Board

Rosemary Moreland

Rosemary Moreland

Editor, Ulster University

Rosemary Moreland

Editor, Ulster University

Jane O'Kelly

Jane O'Kelly

Dublin City University

Jane O'Kelly

Dublin City University

Luke Murtagh

Luke Murtagh

Luke Murtagh

Helen Murphy

Helen Murphy

Waterford Institute of Technology

Helen Murphy

Waterford Institute of Technology

Maria Slowey

Maria Slowey

Dublin City University

Maria Slowey

Dublin City University

David Mallows

David Mallows

University College London

David Mallows

University College London

Nuala Glanton

Nuala Glanton

Cork Education and Training Board (ETB)

Nuala Glanton

Cork Education and Training Board (ETB)

Bairbre Fleming

Bairbre Fleming

University College Dublin

Bairbre Fleming

University College Dublin

Fran Kennedy

Fran Kennedy

Adult Education Officers' Association - Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board

Fran Kennedy

Adult Education Officers' Association - Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board

Stephen O’Brien

Stephen O’Brien

University College Cork

Stephen O’Brien

University College Cork

José Pedro Amorim

José Pedro Amorim

University of Porto

José Pedro Amorim

University of Porto

Koen De Pryck

Koen De Pryck

Vrije Universiteit Brussels

Koen De Pryck

Vrije Universiteit Brussels

Bernie Grummell

Bernie Grummell

Maynooth University

Bernie Grummell

Maynooth University