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Walters, Shirley – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2022
Activism and engagement with real-world climate crises, within particular contexts, are prerequisites for learning about climate justice. I draw on my experience as an imbedded activist researcher living and learning through two recent 'crises' in Cape Town, to deepen my understandings of 'climate justice'. I followed a case study approach to…
Descriptors: Climate, Justice, Weather, Natural Disasters
Walters, Shirley – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2010
This review analyses the report "Learning through Life" from the point of view of the sustainable development theme and from a "South" perspective. The review recognises that the report is written to influence UK policy-makers and practitioners; it has captured the results of a broad-based inquiry, and it therefore has had to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Sustainable Development, Politics of Education
Boud, David; Dahlgren, Lars-Owe; Dahlgren, Madeleine Abrandt; Larsson, Staffan; Sork, Thomas J.; Walters, Shirley – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2006
The article reflects on the construction of a common Master's programme across four universities located on four continents, in order to explore the role of networks in international educational collaboration. The study draws on the documented processes of the principal members of the programme team. It is presented as a case study of the…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
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Walters, Shirley; Watters, Kathy – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2001
Adult education is embedded in the political, social, cultural, and economic processes of society. In southern Africa, the focus has been on adult education for survival, economic development, and political and cultural development. The discourse of adult education is currently being challenged by that of lifelong learning. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning
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Walters, Shirley; Watters, Kathy – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2001
Explains how adult educators came to develop the Cape Town Statement on Characteristic Elements of a Lifelong Learning Higher Education Institution. Elaborates on the six essential characteristics of higher education institutions. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Citizen Participation, Foreign Countries