Pays : Irlande
Langue(s) : anglais
Date : du 08-09-2016 au 11-09-2016
Lieu : Maynooth
Organisation : European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA)
Programme :
In the era of lifelong learning adult education has acquired a new prominence. Across the world the amount of time adults spend in education has steadily increased and new policy imperatives – often linked to notions such as the ‘knowledge economy’– has made adult education and adult learning major topics of research. Within the body of research which has emerged from the dynamic and diverse field of modern adult education – in vocational, further, community, continuing and higher education as well as in civil society – power has always been a major concern. In particular there is a longstanding interest in the relationship between education and progressive social change. In a period of crisis characterised by deepening inequalities, a rise in racism and xenophobia, and in which we face grave ecological threats these questions of power and change have acquired a new urgency and relevance.
Discussions and analyses of power in society and education can lead to a sense of private powerlessness in the face of seemingly intractable public issues. Resources of hope, however, reside in our capacities for reflexivity, imagination and creativity; capacities which allow us to question and trouble the givens of public discourses that limit our thinking, feeling and acting. Therefore we also also wish to invite contributions on creativity in adult education and learning.
By exploring questions of power and identifying resources of creativity we hope to create a collaborative, critical and imaginative space in which participants can envisage and discuss a diverse range of futures for adult education.
Keynote speakers:
- John Field
John Field is an emeritus professor at the University of Stirling and honorary professor at the University of Warwick.
- Lene Tanggaard
Lene Tanggaard is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Communication and Psychology at the University of Aalborg, Denmark.
- Dr. Antonia Darder
Dr. Antonia Darder is a distinguished international Freirian scholar. She holds the Leavey Presidential Endowed Chair of Ethics and Moral Leadership at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles and is Professor Emerita of Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign.
URL : https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/.../esrea
mot(s) clé(s) : alphabétisation et éducation des adultes, formation continue
ESREA 2016 - 8th European Research Conference - Imagining diverse futures for adult education: questions of power and resources of creativity
Date : du 08-09-2016 au 11-09-2016
Lieu : Maynooth
Organisation : European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA)
Programme :
In the era of lifelong learning adult education has acquired a new prominence. Across the world the amount of time adults spend in education has steadily increased and new policy imperatives – often linked to notions such as the ‘knowledge economy’– has made adult education and adult learning major topics of research. Within the body of research which has emerged from the dynamic and diverse field of modern adult education – in vocational, further, community, continuing and higher education as well as in civil society – power has always been a major concern. In particular there is a longstanding interest in the relationship between education and progressive social change. In a period of crisis characterised by deepening inequalities, a rise in racism and xenophobia, and in which we face grave ecological threats these questions of power and change have acquired a new urgency and relevance.
Discussions and analyses of power in society and education can lead to a sense of private powerlessness in the face of seemingly intractable public issues. Resources of hope, however, reside in our capacities for reflexivity, imagination and creativity; capacities which allow us to question and trouble the givens of public discourses that limit our thinking, feeling and acting. Therefore we also also wish to invite contributions on creativity in adult education and learning.
By exploring questions of power and identifying resources of creativity we hope to create a collaborative, critical and imaginative space in which participants can envisage and discuss a diverse range of futures for adult education.
Keynote speakers:
- John Field
John Field is an emeritus professor at the University of Stirling and honorary professor at the University of Warwick.
- Lene Tanggaard
Lene Tanggaard is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Communication and Psychology at the University of Aalborg, Denmark.
- Dr. Antonia Darder
Dr. Antonia Darder is a distinguished international Freirian scholar. She holds the Leavey Presidential Endowed Chair of Ethics and Moral Leadership at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles and is Professor Emerita of Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign.
URL : https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/.../esrea
mot(s) clé(s) : alphabétisation et éducation des adultes, formation continue
