"Growing Together": A Latvian Retrospective of Learning Opportunities Created in the Cooperation among Nordic and Baltic Adult Educators

Autor/inn/en	Carlsen, Antra; Maslo, Elina
Titel	"Growing Together": A Latvian Retrospective of Learning Opportunities Created in the Cooperation among Nordic and Baltic Adult Educators
Quelle	In: International Review of Education, 64 (2018) 4, S.489-518 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-8566
DOI	10.1007/s11159-018-9725-y
Schlagwörter	Educational Opportunities; Foreign Countries; Partnerships in Education; Adult Educators; Adult Education; International Cooperation; Latvia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Ausland; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Adult training; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Erwachsenenbildung; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Lettland
Abstract	This article tells the extraordinary story of the cooperation among adult educators in five Nordic and three Baltic countries (NB8) which began in 1991--the year when Latvia regained its independence. According to individuals who experienced the evolution of this cooperation from the beginning and were actively involved in the process of developing contemporary theories, policies and practices of adult education in Latvia, this cooperation resulted in the creation of a range of unique opportunities for learning and development. Latvian adult educators were engaged in many activities; they learned themselves, taught others, did research on adult education and developed a new system of adult education. What had started out as a "donorship" grew into a "partnership". With hardly any published information about this cooperation to rely on, the authors of this article build their case using (1) their own memories of participation; (2) the information gained through interviews with key experts; and (3) a number of largely unpublished documents indicated in these interviews. Tracing the evolution of this cooperation, their study seeks to understand how learning opportunities were created and how they were used by adult educators in Latvia. Adopting an ecological (in terms of learning environment, relationships, agency, motivation and identity) sociocultural perspective on learning and learning opportunities, the authors analyse the quality of the learning opportunities created in the context of Nordic-Baltic cooperation, aiming to identify what makes international cooperation successful. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01