Adult Learning Matters

Autor/in	Thomson, Rachel
Titel	Adult Learning Matters
Quelle	In: Adults Learning, 20 (2009) 9, S.8-10 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0955-2308
Schlagwörter	Learning Problems; Adult Basic Education; Adult Learning; Adult Students; Minority Groups; Institutionalized Persons; Older Adults; Interpersonal Competence; Employment Potential; Colleges; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernproblem; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Adulte education; Adult training; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Ethnische Minderheit; Älterer Erwachsener; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Großbritannien
Abstract	Adult Learners' Week--which is supported by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and the European Social Fund, amongst a raft of other organisations--is all about raising demand for learning. At its core, the campaign is about encouraging under-represented groups--including low-skilled, unemployed and low-paid adults and those with few or no qualifications--to participate in, and spread positive motivational messages about, learning. The week also challenges providers to engage the most isolated and excluded adults--prisoners and residents of other secure settings; people with health problems, disabilities and/or learning difficulties; refugees and survivors of torture; adults who are homeless or vulnerably housed; minority ethnic communities; older people--in activities which develop social and employment skills, confidence and ambition. The original funding proposal for Adult Learners' Week pointed up the need to challenge the indifference to education of many British adults. Eighteen years on, campaigns such as Adult Learners' Week still have a critical role to play in engaging more and different adults. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Institute of Adult Continuing Education. Renaissance House, 20 Princess Road West, Leicester, LE1 6TP, UK. Tel: +44-1162-044200; Fax: +44-1162-044262; e-mail: enquiries@niace.org.uk; Web site: http://www.niace.org.uk/Publications/Periodicals/Default.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10