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Paula Guimarães; Rosanna Barros – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2025
This article focus on what is and isn't 'new' in the most recent European Union (EU) key policy document for Adult Learning (AL), because it claims (in its own title) that it will constitute a basis for a 'new' agenda. As this document has been much disseminated to Member States, we think it is important to analyse its evidence of the 'new'…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Adult Learning, Adult Education, Foreign Countries
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Palle Rasmussen – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2025
The German tradition of critical theory (often called the Frankfurt School), represented by such authors as Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, and Oskar Negt, have given crucial contributions to social and cultural theory in investigating and conceptualizing contradictory conditions of modern Western societies. This paper will discuss the ways in…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Adult Education, Educational Policy, Adult Learning
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Catherine Siew Kheng Chua; Johannah Li Mei Soo; Kashif Raza – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
'Continuous meritocracy' was introduced in Singapore to redefine the concepts of talent and ability in Singapore society. This expanded meaning of meritocracy serves as another way to further support the SkillsFuture Singapore movement (Skillsfuture Singapore, 2023b), which was launched in 2016. 'Continuous meritocracy' complements Work-Integrated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Work Experience Programs, Cooperative Education
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Moses Njenga – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
Vocational teachers participate in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to develop their professional competencies. In developing country contexts however, it is not always clear what challenges vocational teachers face in their CPD or how they attempt to resolve those challenges. This study therefore investigated the challenges vocational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education Teachers, Faculty Development, Barriers
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Paolo Federighi; Francesca Torlone; Francesco De Maria – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2025
Participation rate in adult and continuing education (ACE) is one of the multiple indicators of distributive justice. Nonetheless, the literature of recent decades has turned it into a cardinal principle and value. Expansive paradigm that envisages the progressive and generalised development of participation rate in ACE is examined in this…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Andragogy, Adult Education, Adult Learning
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Sidra Noreen; Zafar Iqbal – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
In Pakistan, adult literacy programs are offered to enable learners to function effectively to attain individual, family, and social sustainability, but these programs are continuously reporting low participation. This study aimed to explore the reasons behind low participation, employing a descriptive phenomenological design to examine the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Adult Basic Education, Literacy Education