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Sidra Noreen; Zafar Iqbal – European Education, 2025
The present paper sought to offer a theoretical perspective on the social practice approach (SPA) in adult literacy since its conceptualization in the early 1980s. It aims to provide a holistic understanding of SPA by examining its objectives, development, and practical applications. The analysis highlights how the SPA differs from traditional…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Futures (of Society), Holistic Approach
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Klatt, Gosia – Palgrave Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning, 2020
This chapter focuses on the analysis of the European Youth Strategy (2018) and its historical antecedents, which have been defining the policy priorities for European youth since the early 2000s. Through the examination of the changing policy objectives in the youth field, the chapter traces how the policy instruments utilised by the European…
Descriptors: Governance, Lifelong Learning, Youth, Educational History
BELBIN, R. MEREDITH – 1966
THE ROLE OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT IS ILLUSTRATED IN REPORTS OF VARIED RETRAINING PROGRAMS (PART OF THE ACTIVE MANPOWER POLICY) IN GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND SWEDEN. THE PROGRAMS INCLUDE SUCH ACTIVITIES AS--(1) FINANCIAL ENCOURAGEMENT OF INDUSTRY TO PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING THE OLDER ADULT, (2) RETRAINING TO MEET…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Learning, Adult Vocational Education, Deduction
Reubens, Beatrice G. – 1986
No single system or model of adult education and training describes the actual situation in the countries of Western Europe. Considerable variability exists from nation to nation in regard to scope, characteristics, organization, and financing. The countries, however, share an interest in the deliberate expansion of all phases of adult education.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Educators