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Wildemeersch, Danny – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2017
The arrival of newcomers in our societies "impinges upon us" (Peter Jarvis). Adult and continuing education are invited to take a stance. In response to this, I explore how relevant citizenship education for and with newcomers can be conceived of. In the first place, I explore how the arrival of newcomers triggers ambivalent reactions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Democracy, Immigrants
Wildemeersch, Danny – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2014
In this contribution, I explore how critical pedagogical perspectives can inspire adult and community education practices. The central argument is that today, in contrast with the heydays of emancipatory practices and theories, the classical critical approaches need reconsideration. The paper explores how these approaches sometimes have a…
Descriptors: Community Education, Adult Education, Critical Theory, Educational Practices
Wildemeersch, Danny – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2012
This paper reports on a research project completed with graduate students of the adult-education programme at the Leuven University in Flanders, Belgium. The research focused on cultural policies and practices in urban contexts that try to facilitate the learning of democratic citizenship in non-formal settings. In the first part we introduce some…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Research Projects, Adult Education
Vandenabeele, Joke; Vanassche, Eline; Wildemeersch, Danny – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2011
In this article we elaborate a case where citizens were encouraged to discuss an environmental policy plan within seven focus groups. In line with this experience, we raise two questions about the deliberation process we tried to support. First, how to understand the importance of narratives as sources of civic learning? Second, how can a…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Focus Groups, Citizen Participation
Wildemeersch, Danny; Vandenabeele, Joke – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2010
This paper explores how the report "Learning through Life" exemplifies the dominant policy discourse on lifelong learning emphasizing strongly individual social mobility. The paper explores further how this functionalist and reductionist turn in (adult) education has come about and how concepts of democratic citizenship and education may create…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Role of Education, Futures (of Society), Citizenship
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Stroobants, Veerle; Jans, Marc; Wildemeersch, Danny – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2001
Transitional learning--a process of adaptation, growth, distinction, and resistance to changing circumstances--is illustrated through research on women's biographical learning related to work and on socioeconomic integration of young adults. Transitional learning is aimed at creating meaningful connections between individual life and society…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Continuing Education, Education Work Relationship