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ERIC Number: EJ1156270
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 16
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ISSN: EISSN-2187-0594
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Discourses on Empowerment in Adult Learning: A View on Renewed Learning
Daniele, Luisa
IAFOR Journal of Education, v5 n2 p49-64 Sum 2017
The paper examines critically the dimension of empowerment in the European discourse, starting from some operational definitions used in official documents. The author analyses the shift in the European documents from 2000 to recent years, from a lifelong learning vision to an adult education approach, basically labour market-oriented, thus leaving aside the social cohesion and self-emancipatory dossiers. Against this background, a theoretical approach derived from the categories of transaction and reflexivity is suggested, setting out from the works of John Dewey. This paper investigates whether the categories of experience, problem posing and emancipation are more suitable for a long-term project on adult learning than the categories of activation, problem solving, and empowerment.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Europe
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