This article examines factors influencing English language education, participation and achievement among Karen refugee women in Australia. Data were drawn from ethnographic observations and interviews with 67 participants between 2009 and 2011, collected as part of a larger qualitative study exploring the well-being of Karen refugee women in…

In the language of the Tebrikunna (Cape Portland) clan, "Carne Neemerranner" is "telling ground". It is also what we call the research methodology designed for "Meeting at Bark Hut", a recent community-engaged Aboriginal history project conducted in northeast Tasmania. The project examined, retraced and explored one brief, but poignant, episode in…

The benefits of community environmental education outlined in environmental education literature are supported by the findings and implications of a research study undertaken in New Zealand. Evidence from a two-case case study suggests that environmental programmes guided by the key principles and practices of community environmental education,…

The population explosion among Australian older adults and the perceived benefits of education for this group are examined. A rationale for increased emphasis on development of educational opportunities is offered. Two programs of national importance, the University of the Third Age and the College for Seniors, are described. (Author/MSE)

Two frameworks--cognitive dispositions (derived from critical theory) and cognitive structures (derived from cognitive science)--for analysis of values are outlined and used to critique taxonomies of values developed for general, adult, and vocational education. A combined approach is then proposed and exemplified for vocational education. (MSE)

Extract from the opening statement to the World Conference on Adult Education and Development. Focus is on the effects of political forces on the standard of living, especially in Third World countries, economic hardships faced by these countries, and the role of adult education in assuring that people are real participants in political and social…

Notes that trends during the past decades have shown that, within a power structure favoring inequality, economic growth leads to greater economic disparities and educational growth to greater educational disparities. (WL)

A close personal friend of the retiring chairman of the (Australian) Council of Adult Education describes the political tactics he employed to secure the chairmanship for his friend in 1947. (AJ)

The paper's approach is sociological; its thesis is that preretirement education at this time constitutes resocialization of the aging individual carried on in a relatively primitive fashion. The scarcity of pertinent research is handicapping, and the author points out areas where research is most needed. (AJ)

Lifelong education is concerned with the matter of living and is not confined to artificial programs within the walls of educational institutions. The educational needs of adults living in rural areas are different from those in towns; how to meet those needs in revolutionary ways is discussed. (Author/AJ)

Summarizes and comments on papers and sessions from a conference of Australian adult educators organized by the Australian National University, Canberra, in July 1978 on the provision of adult education in Australia. Topics included needs of special groups, delivery systems, data collection and research, training and support services, and…

The Council of Adult Education in Victoria, Australia, is one of a number of government adult education providers in the traditional adult education model which is now experimenting with new forms to deal with a growing diversity of adult student needs. Changes in organization, programs, and services are discussed. (MF)

Half of all adult education programs in Switzerland are conducted through Migros, the country's largest cooperative and largest private company. Migros' educational network principle specializes in teaching languages but also offers 174 subject areas as well as other activities and services. Some Migros adult education innovations are described.…

Provides an overview of the Australian adult educator's roles, the primary one being to foster the idea of lifelong learning for as many as possible. Discusses the concept of lifelong learning and the adult educator as organizer of programs, teacher in many different environments, and social reformer. (MF)

Adult education needs for the people of Papua New Guinea, some of their problems, and possible educational solutions are discussed, along with preliminary educational planning requirements. Types of adult education, the bulk of illiterates in the country, and the responsibilities of adult educators are noted. (MF)