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Brion, Corinne – Adult Learning, 2022
Teaching and learning are social and cultural activities. Across cultures, people have different ways of communicating, interacting, and learning. Consequently, learning may not occur without understanding the role national cultures play on organizing and facilitating training events. This study is part of a larger study that took place over a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Culturally Relevant Education, Learning Processes
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Connolly, Bríd; Finnegan, Fergal – Adult Learning, 2016
This article draws on our backgrounds as adult educators in Ireland and our experience at Highlander in 2014. We review our development as critical educators, exposed to deep inequalities in Irish society. We explore role of popular education in fostering social change, beginning with the commitment to equality and freedom, whereby, we produce…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Social Differences, Foreign Countries
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Werth, Eric P.; Werth, Loredana – Adult Learning, 2011
A generational shift is occurring in training environments worldwide, a shift that promises to bring with it a dramatic and long-lasting impact. Just as years ago, those of the Baby Boomer generation passed the torch to Generation X, today the process is starting anew with Generation X and those who have come to be known as the Millennials.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Training Methods, Generational Differences, Training