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Boeren, Ellen; Rubenson, Kjell – International Review of Education, 2022
One of the core outcomes of the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) held in 2009 was the Belém Framework for Action (BFA). Its signatories committed to monitoring the most recent development stages of adult learning and education (ALE) worldwide on a regular basis, and to present and assess results in a global report.…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Education, Lifelong Learning, Program Evaluation
Hanemann, Ulrike; Robinson, Clinton – International Review of Education, 2022
Despite general agreement that a 21st-century learning society must also be a literate society, there is still a long way to go to achieve a broad consensus on how to achieve this within an explicit lifelong learning vision. The Seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII -- June 2022) is an excellent opportunity to rethink…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Lifelong Learning, Sustainable Development, Adult Education
Biao, Idowu – International Review of Education, 2022
This article submits that while the world continues to view education as a human right, it also persists in depriving an important section of it -- namely "adult learning and education" (ALE) -- of adequate funding. Located within the lifelong learning domain, which facilitates both the resolution of challenges and adjustment to the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Adult Learning, Adult Education, Lifelong Learning
Belete, Sonja; Duke, Chris; Hinzen, Heribert; Owusu-Boampong, Angela; Khau, Huu Phuoc – International Review of Education, 2022
Institutionalised forms of adult learning and education (ALE) such as community learning centres (CLCs) and related models are found in most parts of the world. These are spaces offering opportunities for literacy and skills training, health and citizenship, general, liberal and vocational education, in line with fuller recognition of the meaning…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Education, Community Programs, Lifelong Learning
Smythe, Suzanne – International Review of Education, 2022
It is rare in contemporary times to encounter international education policy reports that inspire hope and excitement for the future, such as we are offered in the 1972 report of the International Commission on the Development of Education set up by UNESCO in 1971 and chaired by Edgar Faure. "Learning to be: The world of education today and…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Reports, International Organizations, Educational Policy
Morris, Thomas Howard; Steinmüller, Bastian; Rohs, Matthias – International Review of Education, 2022
Further and continuing education is not only important for individual employability, but also for regional development. Therefore, improving participation in further and continuing education and removing barriers to participation are key concerns of regional education governance. The present study was conducted in a peripheral region of…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Adult Education, Barriers, Geographic Regions
McGrath, Simon; Deneulin, Séverine – International Review of Education, 2021
The 30th anniversary Human Development Report, entitled "The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene," was released by the United Nations Development Programme in December 2020. It marks an important step forward as a high-profile publication trying to radically re-think the challenge of sustainable development and revisit…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Reports, International Organizations, Sustainable Development
Entigar, Katherine E. – International Review of Education, 2021
Liberal education in the United States begins with the premise of inclusion, a response to histories of exclusion of members of marginalised communities. Inclusive practice is developed to validate diverse students by acknowledging and incorporating these students' cultures, languages and histories into regular classroom practice. However, in…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Adult Students, Immigrants, Adult Education
Stack, Michelle; Wilbur, Amea – International Review of Education, 2021
One understudied area of adult education and lifelong learning is the role of media as educator and policy player. This article describes how the authors used "critical discourse analysis" to examine how asylum seekers, migrant workers and their advocates have challenged long-standing discursive framings of them as benefactors of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Migrant Workers, Refugees, Mass Media Role
Eschenbacher, Saskia; Fleming, Ted – International Review of Education, 2020
COVID-19 has done significant damage to individuals, families, workers and the economy. What is not known about the virus is part of the problem, and the knowledge gap drives an unprecedented and urgent search for knowledge. This article explores the challenges for lifelong learning and the relevance of transformative learning. Disorientation,…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, COVID-19, Pandemics, Transformative Learning
Elfert, Maren – International Review of Education, 2019
This article, which draws on a review of primary and secondary literature, examines the role of a human rights-based approach to adult learning and education (ALE) in the context of the global Education 2030 agenda, which is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) launched in 2015 by the United Nations. Whereas the Millennium…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Sustainable Development, Civil Rights, International Organizations
Park, Hyewon; Choi, Jinhee; Kim, JungHwan; Hwang, Jihee – International Review of Education, 2019
Drawing on critical theory for adult education, the authors of this article examine the Academic Credit Bank System (ACBS), an open educational system operating in the Republic of Korea since 1998. It was designed to provide both traditional-age and mature students with opportunities to earn academic qualifications, including Bachelor's degrees,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, College Students, Nontraditional Education
Owusu-Agyeman, Yaw – International Review of Education, 2019
Adult learning remains an important component of educational systems in countries all over the world, particularly because it seeks to explain how adults obtain education through formal, non-formal and informal modes. While many education providers and researchers focus on increasing resource support and the development of the knowledge and skills…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Inclusion, Adult Education, Educational Policy
Rubenson, Kjell – International Review of Education, 2019
A quick review of national policy documents reveals how lifelong learning has evolved as the key principle for a comprehensive education and learning strategy from cradle to grave. This raises major challenges for how to assess and report the state of lifelong learning in UNESCO Member States. It is in this context that this article critically…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adults
Gedviliene, Genute; Tutlys, Vidmantas; Lukošuniene, Vilija; Zuzeviciute, Vaiva – International Review of Education, 2018
The Baltic countries regained their independence from the Soviet Union in the early 1990s and joined the European Union in 2004. This article seeks to explore institutional development and reforms of adult education and lifelong learning in Lithuania with respect to the processes, the actors and the context of socioeconomic change over the past 20…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Educators, Adult Education, Teacher Qualifications