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2021
Humour in pedagogy is well explored in school contexts, especially in connection with science subjects. There is however little research in the context of adult education.
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Humour in pedagogy is well explored in school contexts, especially in connection with science subjects. There is however little research in the context of adult education.
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2014
This volume examines the nature of adult education at individual, group and community levels. Contributions critically assess definitions and patterns of adult learning in the UK and abroad and consider in detail the processes involved. It includes both case studies and thematic articles which have been selected to show the breadth of the field along a
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This volume examines the nature of adult education at individual, group and community levels. Contributions critically assess definitions and patterns of adult learning in the UK and abroad and consider in detail the processes involved. It includes both case studies and thematic articles which have been selected to show the breadth of the field along a
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2010
Egames have drawn attention in adult education, particularly as the majority of adults play egames. Adult education is increasingly incorporating serious games, mainly simulation games, but other forms such as RPGs are being considered. In addition, adult education is also incorporating game design into curricula. In terms of learning theory, gaming as
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Egames have drawn attention in adult education, particularly as the majority of adults play egames. Adult education is increasingly incorporating serious games, mainly simulation games, but other forms such as RPGs are being considered. In addition, adult education is also incorporating game design into curricula. In terms of learning theory, gaming as
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Educational strategies in adult education
2014 IEEE 9th IEEE International Symposium on Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics (SACI), 2014More and more adults return to studying. Many people choose courses provided by universities, some because they want to have a completely different carrier so they train to achieve that goal, or because they need the formal qualification in their current job. Nowadays virtual learning became more and more popular, distance learning on one hand needs to
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Educational counselling of adults
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 1978Abstract There is increasing world-wide interest in the need for counselling of adult learners, an interest demonstrated by a recent UNESCO symposium. The work of the Educational Guidance Service for Adults, Belfast, is described, indicating the range of clients coming to the service and the methods used to help them.
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Adult Education as Self Education [PDF]
Adult Education Quarterly, 1992 This paper argues that adult education can best be seen as self-education. A context, beginning definition, and concept of that term are described, along with a model and supporting guides for conducting self-education. The paper concludes with an examination of why the profession of adult education would be founded more soundly on this basis than ...
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Abstract The innovative institution of Second Chance Schools (SDE) is a relatively modern educational intervention whose goal is the social and economic integration of adults, whose formal qualifications are judged to be deficient and insufficient within the context of the modern learning society.
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The Competencies of Adult Educators
Adult Education, 1961The first step in determining what competencies should constitute an inclusive list was an examination of the literature of adult education and associated fields. Several problems were posed in the development of a list of competencies. One of these, a semantic problem, was the need of wording the statements describing each competency in a way that ...
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Adult Education in/and Imperialism
2011The concept of “imperialism” refers, in general parlance, to the policy and practice of extending state power through the acquisition of territory, usually by conquest. In this sense, imperialism has been a feature of state formation from ancient times to the contemporary period.1 A more technical use of the term, relevant for this chapter, was ...
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