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Leodis Scott – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2025
Priority one of the Marrakech Framework for Action (MFA) involves promoting adult learning and education (ALE) within a lifelong learning perspective. This article intends to describe how the MFA places lifelong learning into a new era of ascension that will be transformational towards ALE, sustainable development goals, the world promise of…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Guidelines, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Hidetsugu Suto; Qianran Wang – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
Japan, like many countries, is facing problems with an aging society, and lifelong learning is becoming more and more important. To provide older adults with the opportunity to enroll in lifelong learning programs, it is essential to offer suitable programs. However, designing learning programs for older adults is not easy because they may have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Older Adults, Educational Opportunities
Judith A. Alamprese; Kees Hoogland – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2025
Adults' development of literacy and numeracy skills that can enable them to navigate the demands of contemporary life and be prepared for the future is central to their economic, social, and personal well-being and the functioning of society. This article discusses the role of literacy and numeracy in adult learning and education, beginning with…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Literacy, Numeracy, Skill Development
Michael Kroth; Davin Carr-Chellman; Carol Rogers-Shaw – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
This chapter argues for the centrality of spirituality in lifelong and adult learning theory and practice. As embedded in human experience, the spirituality of learning, including exploring awe and wonder, is vital. We introduce the processes and outcomes of lifelong spiritual formation, profound learning, and human flourishing as underpinnings…
Descriptors: Religious Factors, Spiritual Development, Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning
Osei-Tutu, Araba A. Z.; Osei-Tutu, Kwaku O. A. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
This article takes an international perspective on adult learning and disinformation, exploring how they have recast the global landscape. In particular, we address former president Trump's naming of certain Caribbean and African nations as "shithole countries," as well as other related experiences, and work to locate these comments…
Descriptors: Racism, Adult Learning, Presidents, Colonialism
Simone C. O. Conceição; Susan Yelich Biniecki – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
This article explores the evolving role of technology in nonformal and informal adult learning settings, guided by the theory of connectivism. It examines how digital platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), and other technological advancements enhance the accessibility, personalization, and efficiency of adult learning. The various educational…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Informal Education, Conventional Instruction, Artificial Intelligence
Ralf St. Clair – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
Andragogy was the first adult learning model to identify adult learners' characteristics and provide a pragmatic framework for responding to them. It is still considered a foundational and significant contribution to understanding adult learners despite substantial critique over the last 50 years. Current research supports the notion that…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Andragogy, Learning Strategies
Nicole Dillard; Stephanie Sisco; Joshua C. Collins – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
This article explores the evolution and expansion of experiential learning theory (ELT) within the context of contemporary adult education, emphasizing the integration of technology, interdisciplinarity, and cultural responsiveness. Although Kolb's foundational model has been instrumental in linking theoretical knowledge with practical…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Adult Education, Technology Uses in Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
E. Paulette Isaac-Savage; Lisa R. Brown – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2025
Combating social justice continues to be at the forefront for those concerned about the equal rights, access, and participation of all citizens. Historically, faith-based organizations, particularly religious institutions (i.e., church, synagogue, parish), have been central to providing adult education programming to address social injustices such…
Descriptors: Churches, Nationalism, Social Justice, Educational Strategies
Kim, Junghwan – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
This article aims to examine how to improve the support for working learners in their learning and education based on the findings of the issue's articles. For this, I focus on describing what can be learned from the articles' findings and, based on that information, discuss directions and practices necessary to support adult working learners. I…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Adult Students, Andragogy, Adult Learning
Rhodes, Christy M.; Schmidt, Steven W. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
Social presence is the feeling of connectedness among learners. In this article, the authors explore the theory and practice related to social practice in online adult learning environments.
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Adult Learning, Interpersonal Relationship, Theory Practice Relationship
Molly M. Jameson – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
Mathematical dispositions, or an individual's behavioral (i.e., things they say and do), cognitive (i.e., attention and memory), and affective (i.e., emotions and beliefs) tendencies related to mathematics, are critical to the learning of mathematics and choices related to STEM. Previous research has suggested that adult learners may possess…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Affective Behavior, Mathematics Education, STEM Education
Lisa M. Baumgartner; Davin Carr-Chellman – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
This article provides an overview of adult learning theory, focusing on the theories covered in this issue of New Directions in Adult and Continuing Education. In offering a brief synopsis of each article and reflecting on the ways adult learning theories have evolved since the first update was published in 1993, this article explains several…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Learning Theories, Educational Change, Student Diversity
Esther Prins – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2025
Since the January 2021 attack on the US Capitol, the influence of White Christian nationalism (WCN) has become even more pronounced and concerning. Adult educators and the public need a better understanding of whether and how WCN can be unlearned, and the roles ordinary citizens and adult educators can play in this process. After describing WCN…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Whites, Violence
Katie Brenny; Susan M. Yelich Biniecki – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
Rural agriculture retailers, or those engaged in the production of food, fiber, and fuel, are pressed to find just-in-time solutions for continual learning with their adult employees, specifically millennials, the generation who will assume future leadership roles. Adult educators in rural settings, or lower populated areas, are encountering rapid…
Descriptors: Generational Differences, Rural Areas, Agriculture, Technology Uses in Education
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