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Gougoulakis, Petros; Christie, Michael – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2012
The aim of this philosophical and historical position paper is to discuss the ways in which Popular Education--folkbildning--has contributed to the social transformation of Sweden through self-directed and collaborative educational practices. One of our premises is that individual transformative learning, fostered by folkbildning, has contributed…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Popular Education, Foreign Countries, Social Change
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Brennan, Barrie – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2010
This article presents the author's response to to W.G.K. Duncan's 1961 paper, "Agenda for a national association", in the first number of the "Australian Journal of Adult Education," the journal of the newly established Australian Association of Adult Education (AAAE). The brief has been interpreted in this way. Duncan viewed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Professional Associations, National Organizations, Position Papers
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Duncan, W. G. K. – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2010
It may be salutary to remember that the new Australian Association had a predecessor (in the Federal Council of the W.E.A.) to acknowledge its achievements and to probe for the causes of its eventual failure. Within the first five years of its existence, the W.E.A. Series had brought out no less than seven creditable works. Most of them were…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Policy, Professional Associations, Position Papers