Empowerment and adult education. A multi-level perspective.

Autor/inn/en	Saam, Julia; Egetenmeyer, Regina
Titel	Empowerment and adult education. A multi-level perspective.
Quelle	In: European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 17 (2026) 1, S. 63-78Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (3) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2000-7426
DOI	10.25656/01:35242 10.3384/rela.2000-7426.5945
URN	urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-352423
Schlagwörter	Empowerment; Erwachsenenbildung; Erwachsenenbildungsstätte; Interdependenz; Erwachsenenbildner
Abstract	Empowerment, as a goal of adult education, seeks to support people to critically reflect on structural settings and to take constructive action towards social equality and social change. This article analyses empowerment and adult education from a micro-, meso-, and macro-level perspective. The key assumption is that these levels cannot be considered in isolation. Drawing on Freire (2014) and Sen (1993), the article outlines how empowerment can be fostered through adult education at each level, while also analysing the interdependencies between them. We propose a heuristic model that identifies seven characteristics for assessing the promotion of empowerment through adult education, providing a foundation for empirical research: (1) knowledge and abilities, (2) active agency, (3) cultural realities, (4) pedagogical self-conception, (5) dialogic spaces, (6) representation of interests, and (7) educational mandate. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2026/3