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Golding, Barry – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2020
This paper poses three research questions, based primarily on evidence from six decades of the Australian Journal of Adult Education (AJAL, 2000-present) and its antecedent journals dating back to 1961. Firstly, it asks what was the context for establishing a national adult learning association, Australian Association of Adult Education (AAAE) in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Professional Associations, National Organizations
du Plessis, Karin; Anstey, Kaarin J.; Schlumpp, Arianne – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2011
Demographic trends indicate that older adults live longer and maintain active lifestyles. The majority are educated and many enjoy the stimulation that ongoing learning opportunities present. In order for these older adults to benefit from learning opportunities, circumstances specific to these individuals (e.g. age-related decline) need to be…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials, Instructional Design
Campbell, Coral; Smith, Erica; Siesmaa, Emma – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2011
Throughout the world, people have to deal with the issues of global warming and other more direct consequences of environmental change. This paper considers how a local newspaper has an educative function in a small community in advising people of specific issues and learning how to deal with changing resources. Across the period of several months…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Rural Areas, Newspapers
Townsend, Rob – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2008
This article presents the outcomes of recent research into adult education programs and experiences in the Shire of Campaspe, a region in northern Victoria. Research data of people from diverse cultural backgrounds reveal how individuals can utilize adult education as a space to explore their own social and cultural isolation in a regional…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Cultural Isolation, Adult Education, Adult Learning
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Dadswell, Gordon – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2003
Presents evidence demonstrating that, although Colin Robert Badger claimed to have originated the model for Australia's Council of Adult Education, another unacknowledged model had actually formed the basis of it. States that the Badger narrative has become an enduring myth in Australian adult education history. (Contains 20 archival and 36…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Educational History, Foreign Countries
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Baxter, Cliff – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2003
Analysis of newspapers of the dominant and indigenous cultures of Australia from colonial times to the present shows how they provide different perspectives on Australian history. The recent growth of the indigenous press will tell a different side of that history in the future. (Contains 29 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Colonialism, Cultural Maintenance, Foreign Countries
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Arnott, Allan – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2003
Reviews the history of adult education in Australia's Northern Territory, 1974-1989, and compares it to the current state. Finds that adult education resources were greater 15 years ago. Current training funding and delivery lacks context, community control, and local, especially indigenous, input. (Contains 69 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Adult Education, Educational Opportunities, Educational Resources
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Wagner, Regine; Childs, Merilyn; Houlbrook, Mick – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2001
Presents economic responsiveness and critical social pedagogy as the main forces in work-based learning. Describes research of Australia's Research Centre for Learning and Social Transformation, which is guided by principles of accessibility, shared knowledge production, and multidisciplinary learning. (Contains 41 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Research and Development Centers