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Direct linkElftorp, Petra; Hearne, Lucy – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2014
The experiences of adult learners with dyslexia is an under-researched area in Ireland at present. This article will discuss the findings from phase one of a mixed methods research study, which is investigating the guidance counselling needs of clients with dyslexia within the Adult Education Guidance Initiative (AEGI). The research is underpinned…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Guidance, Counseling, Adults
Download full textDoyle, Anne; Hearne, Lucy – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2012
The proposed changes in the further education sector, including the rationalisation of the VEC into Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs) and the closures of the Senior Traveller Training Centres (STTCs), have implications for guidance counselling provision to the Traveller community. This article discusses female Travellers' experiences of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Vocational Education, Guidance, School Counseling
Preston, Annmarie Judge – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2011
Reflexivity is a professional requirement of the Adult Guidance Counsellor, with reflexive practice paramount to our work. From 2008 to 2010 I trained as an Adult Guidance Counsellor while working with an unemployed adult client group. During this time, I also journeyed through my first pregnancy. Towards the end of my training, I experienced a…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Pregnancy, Guidance, Ethnography
Hearne, Lucy – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2010
This article discusses the findings of a research study on the longitudinal measurement of individual progression in the Irish Adult Education Guidance Initiative (AEGI). The research was underpinned by a critical constructivist methodology in its examination of the three main discourses of the client, practitioner, and policy maker in the field…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Guidance, Longitudinal Studies
Sherry, Rhona; Moore, Patricia-Anne – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2008
This article describes the experience of the Downtown Centre in establishing an accessible and recognisable centre in Limerick city, which represents regional higher education partners, and which provides services and programmes to support adult learners in progressing to higher education. The article reflects on the achievements of the Centre…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Hearne, Lucy – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2007
Currently, in the field of guidance, relevant stakeholders including guidance practitioners, educators and policy makers, have identified progression for adults in education and employment as one of the key outcomes of educational guidance. Lifelong guidance is now inextricably linked with lifelong learning as a mechanism to enhance individual…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Educational Counseling, Guidance, Adult Learning
