Adult Learning articles from September 2011

Adult Learning archives from September 2011

Our Global Reach: UNESCO and ICAE as Catalysts
September 22, 2011... Globalization has become a household word, permeating workplaces and communities, while internationalizing the curriculum has become common practice, not just in higher education, but also reaching into the primary grades and outward into...

Living and Learning Internationally for a Viable Future: Reflecting on UNESCO CONFINTEA VI
September 22, 2011... International travel has the potential to expand one's learning horizons exponentially, especially with the abundantly enriching experiences of adult, continuing, and lifelong learning conferences. You, the reader, are invited to virtually...

Reflections on Involvement with Six UNESCO International Conferences on Adult Education and Suggestions for the Future
September 22, 2011... Reflections: Based on Dr. Charters' Presentation During CONFINTEA VI Belem, Para, Brazil, December, 2009 After being in World War II as a Canadian Naval Officer, on loan to the Royal Navy serving on an invasion ship (Landing Ship Tank-LST 63)...

Adult Education and Lifelong Learning within UNESCO: CONFINTEA, Education for All, and Beyond
September 22, 2011... UNESCO and Lifelong Learning: The Road to and From Belem There can no longer be any doubt that adult education within lifelong learning is a key factor for economic and social development, as well as being a human right. New policies for...

From Rhetoric to Action: From Words to Deeds: Closing Keynote Address to CONFINTEA VI
September 22, 2011... From Words to Deeds First of all, I would like to thank UNESCO for inviting me, as chairman [President] of the International Council for Adult Education, to speak to you. Along with the other representatives of civil-society organizations, we...

Contributions and Follow-Up Activities to CONFINTEA VI (USA)
September 22, 2011... CONFINTEA VI provided a unique lens through which to view adult education and literacy worldwide. Over 1,000 participants from 144 countries were convened to advance the recognition of adult learning and education as important elements of...

Civil Society Participation at CONFINTEA VI
September 22, 2011... Abstract This article analyzes the participation of civil society in the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education held in Belem do Para, Brazil, 1-4 December 2009. As a foundation, the discussion first illuminates the important role...

A World Worth Living In: 8th World Assembly of ICAE
September 22, 2011... Opportunities for adult learning are under pressure in far too many places in the world. This situation was made all too clear at the eighth World Assembly of the International Council for Adult Education in Malmo, Sweden this June. More than...

The Belem Framework for Action: Harnessing the Power and Potential of Adult Learning and Education for a Viable Future: (UNESCO: CONFINTEA VI: December, 2009)
September 22, 2011... Preamble 1. We, the 156 Member States of UNESCO, representatives of civil society organizations, social partners, United Nations agencies, intergovernmental agencies and the private sector, have gathered in Belem do Para in Brazil in December...

Communique Declaration: The New Dynamics of Higher Education and Research for Societal Change and Development (2Nd UNESCO Higher Education Assembly July, 2009)
September 22, 2011... PREAMBLE We, the participants of the 2009 World Conference on Higher Education, held from 5 to 8 July 2009 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, recognising the abiding relevance of the outcomes and Declaration of the 1998 World Conference on...

A World Worth Living In: ICAE 8th World Assembly Declaration (June 2011)
September 22, 2011... We, adult educators of the world, citizens from all continents and adult learners working in every aspect of personal and collective empowerment, participating at the VIII World Assembly of the International Council for Adult Education in Malmo,...