Developing Social Equity In Australian Adult Education

Author : Pamela Osmond
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000350500

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Developing Social Equity in Australian Adult Education by Pamela Osmond Pdf

Developing Social Equity in Australian Adult Education: Lessons from the Past presents a case study of the trajectory of an Australian adult basic education program in New South Wales from its humanist, social justice beginnings, through forty years of destabilising change. It identifies the influences and influencers that have directed this change; those that were responsible for the creation of the field in its foundation years, and that were displaced by other, more powerful actors representing the global influence of the neoliberal ideology. The story is told largely through archival evidence and the voices of those practitioners who helped shape the discourse and practice of the foundation years, and who were required to respond to constantly changing policies and socio-economic contexts. It discusses some lessons that might be learnt from the past in order that a new set of actors might be mobilised to promote an alternate discourse. This book will appeal to students and scholars of social justice and adult education, and practitioners involved in adult education.

Author : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher : OECD
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015005377422

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Learning Opportunities for Adults by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Pdf

This volume is the fifth and last in a series that gives a comphehensive view on the present status and future prospects of adult education in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries. The series attempts to show what kind of national policies and strategies are required to increase public participation in adult education and to improve its overall efficiency in order to meet high priority societal, group, and individual learning needs. Chapter 1 of this volume considers the implications of treating the education of disadvantaged as part of comprehensive national policy for adult education. While stressing that the rhetoric about the importance of serving the educational needs of disadvantaged adults has not been matched by polices, it points to the progress that has been made. The main conclusion of the chapter is that a proper set of polices implies the adoption of special measures to identify and satisfy the unmet educational needs of the disadvantaged. The next four chapters consist of country case studies from Australia, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Chapter 6 deals with the major problem of how to induce disadvantaged adults to participate in adult education. It is argued that those administering adult education programs have paid far too little attention to the decisive influence of the way information is processed and disseminated. None of the emerging systems of recurrent education designed to encourage adult learning will improve in efficiency and do justice to the disadvantaged unless stimulating information is comprehensively presented. The last chapter is devoted to the financial implications of widening the access of the disadvantaged to education. A key section of the chapter states five propositions about program planning, each having implications for public expenditures. (KC)

Author : Judith Chapman,Patricia Cartwright,E. Jacqueline McGilp
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781402053221

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Lifelong Learning, Participation and Equity by Judith Chapman,Patricia Cartwright,E. Jacqueline McGilp Pdf

In many countries, schools, universities and other traditional learning institutions are not providing for the educational needs of all members of the community. Many communities, particularly in regional, rural and disadvantaged areas, can offer only limited educational options. This book addresses the challenge of identifying effective ways of accommodating the learning needs of all people and in so doing achieving the goals of lifelong learning for all.

Author : Stephen Black
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781350378131

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Literacy in the Lives of Working-Class Adults in Australia by Stephen Black Pdf

Adopting a 'social practice' approach to literacy research based on ethnographic methods, this book provides a strong critique of dominant understandings of the role of literacy in the lives of adults in Australia. It explores how groups of working-class adults can manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives by drawing on social networks of support. It is based on research conducted by the author over a forty-year career in adult literacy education, featuring the voices of varied adult groups, including: prisoners, the long-term unemployed, local council workers, manufacturing workers, adult literacy students, marginalised young people, vocational students, and patients living with a chronic illness (type 2 diabetes). Each chapter explains how dominant society views these adult groups in relation to literacy, and provides a qualitative examination at the local level of how members of these groups manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives.

Author : Andrew Harvey,Catherine Burnheim,Matthew Brett
Publisher : Springer
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811003158

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Student Equity in Australian Higher Education by Andrew Harvey,Catherine Burnheim,Matthew Brett Pdf

This book examines twenty-five years of the Australian framework for student equity in higher education, A Fair Chance for All. Divided into two sections, the book reflects on the legacy of equity policy in higher education, the effectiveness of current approaches, and the likely challenges facing future policymakers. The first section explores the creation of the framework, including the major elements of the policy, the political context of its development, and how it compares with international models developed during the same period. The performance of the six student equity groups identified within the framework is also examined. The second section of the book considers future trends and challenges. The Australian university sector has undergone seismic change in the past twenty-five years and faces further changes of equal magnitude. The twenty-fifth anniversary of A Fair Chance for All comes as Australian higher education is poised for another wave of transformation, with rising expansion, competition, and stratification. While the emerging landscape is new, the questions have changed little since A Fair Chance for All was first conceived: How should we define student equity, and what policies are likely to promote it?

Author : Australian Association of Adult Education,Australian Association of Adult Education. Conference
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Adult education
ISBN : 0909880344

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Adult Education and the Quality of Life by Australian Association of Adult Education,Australian Association of Adult Education. Conference Pdf

Author : Australian Association of Adult and Community Education. National Conference
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Adult education
ISBN : CORNELL:31924062782937

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Striking a Balance by Australian Association of Adult and Community Education. National Conference Pdf

Author : Tom Short,Roger Harris
Publisher : Springer
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789812870681

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Workforce Development by Tom Short,Roger Harris Pdf

This book is the second in a series of two volumes that reviews a broad range of strategies and practices undertaken as workplace development activities in a post-global financial crisis period when organisational volatility and survival were foremost in the minds of leaders. Drawing mainly from a wide range of major research projects conducted Australia and with some contributions from international authors, this second book is a compilation of contemporary themes and applications that were developed from individual research projects. During the global financial crisis, the Australian economy out-performed many other developed countries, but it was not immune from international pressures such as global competition, market fluctuations and an increasingly mobile workforce. These issues are reflected in many of the chapters and the combined work will inform readers about the major workforce development challenges facing public and private sector organisations. The book blends relevant literature with rich empirical evidence gathered from large and small organisations and includes application tools developed by researchers who are experts in their field. This book will be of scholarly interest to a broad audience of academics, industry leaders, human resource practitioners and students in adult education, business, psychology and social science disciplines. Moreover, the book will be of interest to education and training professionals, management consultants, and more generally, people who follow the evolution of work and its impact on contemporary society.​

Author : Maria Slowey,Heribert Hinzen,Michael Abiola Omolewa,Michael Osborne
Publisher : Firenze University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9791221502527

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Adult Education and Social Justice: International Perspectives by Maria Slowey,Heribert Hinzen,Michael Abiola Omolewa,Michael Osborne Pdf

This book investigates the ways in which the social purposes of adult education are (re)interpreted over time, and between the global south and global north. It brings together thirty-seven authors from fourteen countries with extensive experience as academics and/or practitioners in the field. The book is inspired by the work and life of Lalage Bown, a leading proponent of post-colonial and inclusive visions of education for all. Over her long life she worked tirelessly to promote access to basic and higher education for people of all ages and backgrounds: with a deep commitment to striving for greater equality for women. Following an Introduction, the book is structured around four main themes: Adult Education and Social Justice; Decolonisation, Post-Colonialism and Indigenous Knowledge; From Literacy to Lifelong Learning; and, Fostering Excellence, Policy Development and Supporting Future Generation of Adult Educators. The book concludes with reflections on Lalage Bown’s Enduring Legacy.

Author : Robert Burns
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000299526

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Adult Learner at Work by Robert Burns Pdf

Knowledge is one of today's few meaningful resources. Equip yourself to ride the rollercoaster of racing change, globalism and technological super-innovation that is life and work in our age. Completely revised and updated for the 2000s, The Adult Learner at Work, 2nd edition is for educators, trainers and managers who want to stay in touch with the latest thinking in their fields. Dr Robert Burns explains the important changes that have swept through the field of post-compulsory education and the worldwide swing to the lifelong learning as the gateway to a learning society. When work, education and life satisfaction can truly intermesh, sustainable prosperity becomes achievable. Robert Burns explores such questions as: * What conditions have created lifelong learning, learning societies and learning organisations? * How have government and business responded? * What methods and processes enhance the learning potential of adults? * How can we motivate adults to learn? * What are the effects of advancing age on our ability to learn? * Is competency training an effective tool for encouraging learning? This new edition examines how and why we must facilitate the learning potential of all members of society. The Adult Learner at Work, 2nd edition provides an attractive vision of the development of learning environments in the workplace and the community setting-integrating skill learning and personal development using well founded principles of adult learning.

Author : Beth Crossan,Jim Gallacher,Michael Osborne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2004-07-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134353460

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Researching Widening Access to Lifelong Learning by Beth Crossan,Jim Gallacher,Michael Osborne Pdf

This authoritative volume is a truly international contribution to the worldwide debate on how best to widen access to lifelong learning. The first section of the book comprises research studies from around the world, reflecting the diversity of contexts in which widening access is researched and considers issues central to the access debate, including different understandings of the concept of access, organisational and structural change, curriculum development, entry policies, performance and retention and labour market outcomes. The second section illustrates diverse and innovative methodological approaches that have been employed by researchers in the field, and considers the range of approaches available. Given the growing concern around the world on the need to combat social exclusion and to improve economic circumstances through access to lifelong learning, this book acts as a unique reference point informing the ongoing debate, exploring the relationships between research, policy and practice.

Author : Ralph J. Clark,Sydney John Rooth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Adult education
ISBN : 0858347687

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Case Studies in Australian Adult Education by Ralph J. Clark,Sydney John Rooth Pdf

This publication contains the following 24 case studies of adult education in Australia: "NSW Department of Agriculture Home Study Programme" (O'Neill); "Self-Help Adult Education: The University of the Third Age at the Brisbane CAE" (Swindell); "Marriage Enrichment Programme" (D. Kerr, C. Kerr); "Carringbush Library: A Place to Be" (Letcher); "Centre for Continuing Education: Community Education Programme of Non-Vocational, Non-Award Courses" (Fiegel); "Discussion Programme at the Victorian Council of Adult Education" (Dow); "The Aboriginal Community Management Training Programme" (McNamara); "Women's Access Programme" (La Nauze); "Workplace Basic Education Project" (Newcombe et al.); "Women's Health. The Middle Years" (Degeling); "The NSW Board of Adult Education Literacy Programmes" (Wickert); "Post-graduate Refresher Course for Veterinarians in 'Orthopaedics--Dogs and Cats'" (Bryden); "The 'Welcare' Programme of the Centre for Continuing Education, Monash University" (McDonell); "A Country Paediatric Programme" (Duyverman); "Preparatory Studies at the Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education" (Crock, Cottman); "Refresher Education for Company Directors" (Brady); "Increasing Citizen Participation in Local Government" (Holderness-Roddam); "Social Developers' Network" (Iceton); "The Trade Union Postal Courses Scheme" (Bluff); "A Non-credit Distance Education Programme" (Wolstenholme); "School for Seniors" (Benham, Vickers); "The Adult Migrant Education Program in the Northern Territory" (McGrath); "Learning for the Less Mobile" (Elsworth); and"Community Living Project (C.L.P.)" (Bleechmore). (NLL)

Author : Sérgio Haddad
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1997-11-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 0792346580

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Adult Education by Sérgio Haddad Pdf

The studies contained in this volume present a sampling of policy and legislation relating to adult learning in various parts of the world. They were produced in the context of a more complete survey, under the auspices of the UNESCO Institute for Education (VIE) in cooperation with the University of Florence, which sought to identify tendencies in this field over the past few years. The international research project, under which these national studies were made, was developed under the direction of Paul Belanger, Director of UIE, and Paolo Federighi, Professor at the University of Florence. An international publication by the two project directors, due to appear at the beginning of 1997, will report on the findings of the project, which involves 26 countries. The contributions presented here reflect a broad geographical spectrum as well as a wide range of policy models. From an analysis of these studies, it is apparent that this is a field in which there has been much innovation and which encompasses markedly varying approaches in response to different national conditions.

Author : Sérgio Haddad
Publisher : Springer
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781489934505

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Adult Education - The Legislative and Policy Environment by Sérgio Haddad Pdf

The studies contained in this volume present a sampling of policy and legislation relating to adult learning in various parts of the world. They were produced in the context of a more complete survey, under the auspices of the UNESCO Institute for Education (UIE) in cooperation with the University of Florence, which sought to identify tendencies in this field over the past few years. The international research project, under which these of Paul national studies were made, was developed under the direction Belanger, Director of UIE, and Paolo Federighi, Professor at the University of Florence. An international publication by the two project directors, due to appear at the beginning of 1997, will report on the findings of the project, which involves 26 countries. The contributions presented here reflect a broad geographical spectrum as well as a wide range of policy models. From an analysis of these studies, it is apparent that this is a field in which there has been much innovation and which encompasses markedly varying approaches in response to different national conditions.

Author : Robyn Potter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Adult education
ISBN : 0863980449

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Adult education in multicultural Australia by Robyn Potter Pdf