This article is based on qualitative research with adult literacy practitioners and learners in the north of England. I draw on interview and focus group data to identify their perspectives on adult literacies and compare these with the understandings of literacy on which current policy-making for adult literacy in England is based. The research revealed a wide range of ways in which literacy is understood

Drawing on a strongly grassroots and expertise-supported development in the field of adult basic education in Austria, this paper traces the current shift to politically motivated interventions. The article is based on a methodologically triangulated case study based on interviews (part 1), review of theory (part 2), and document analysis (part 3). It unveils a unique spirit of empowerment and emancipation

There was a period of time, from the late 1980s until the early/mid-2000s, when interest in adult literacy in Canada was strong among the public, in the media, and with policymakers, and a policy window opened for the mainstreaming of literacy. Against this background, it is surprising that the Canadian literacy infrastructure was subsequently largely dismantled. Drawing on theories of policy formation

Previously, there has been little research conducted on how teachers and adult second language learners negotiate the challenge of reading authentic novels in the target language. This qualitative ...

Research over the last few decades has supported the contention that ‘there are different literacy practices in different domains of social life ....[and] these change over time’ (Hamilton, Tett, & Crowther, 2012, p.3). In this article, we use ‘political literacy’, as conceived by Paulo Freire, as a theoretical lens through which to consider non-formal education in the changing context of South Africa

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 11 (2020) 1, S. 127-143 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Empirische Bildungsforschung; Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung;

This article considers the evolution of information literacy as a distinct area of inquiry and instruction in libraries. The influence of critical and feminist pedagogies is paramount for the development of critical approaches to understanding an information landscape that is highly politicized. The definition and practice of information literacy will be described, followed by an exploration of critical

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 11 (2020) 2, S. 199-217 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung;

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 11 (2020) 2, S. 219-233 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung; Hochschulforschung und Hochschuldidaktik;

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 11 (2020) 2, S. 235-261 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung; Bildungsorganisation, Bildungsplanung und Bildungsrecht;

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 10 (2019) 3, S. 275-289 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung;

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 10 (2019) 3, S. 291-306 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung;

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 10 (2019) 3, S. 247-260 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung; Hochschulforschung und Hochschuldidaktik;

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 10 (2019) 3, S. 215-230 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung;

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 10 (2019) 3, S. 261-274 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung;

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 10 (2019) 3, S. 231-246 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Sozialpadagogik; Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung;

Media pedagogical competence is critical for the modern-day adult educator. In the process of adult learning, both the use of digital media in the classroom and the transfer of knowledge in dealing with media are the basis for social participation and individual development that must be provided by teachers. However, at present little or no research has been conducted that assess media pedagogical

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 10 (2019) 2, S. 117-121 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung;

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 10 (2019) 2, S. 123-141 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung; Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung in der Erziehungswissenschaft;

This article explores how aesthetic gestures, experiences, interventions might help us make visible certain problematic, enduring, and historically contingent aspects of the troubling ways of being in which we, modern/Cartesian subjects exist in the world. The article does not seek to ultimately suggest some pedagogical strategies or approaches that will help us deconstruct/dismantle these problematic

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 10 (2019) 2, S. 143-159 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung; Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung in der Erziehungswissenschaft;

The aim of this paper is the exploration of Kegan’s constructive-developmental theory through the analysis of the behavior of an agent within Wenders’s film Alice in the Cities, which is used as a case study. In the first part, we will approach Kegan’s ideas regarding the evolution of human beings’ consciousness as they move through five progressively more complex orders of consciousness. We will also

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 10 (2019) 1, S. 29-46 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung; Bildungssoziologie;

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 10 (2019) 1, S. 13-27 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung; Bildungssoziologie;

The first issue of RELA was published in 2010, so with this issue we enter the 10-year anniversary. In this editorial, we will firstly elaborate on what we as editors find that RELA has accomplishe ...

This paper discusses the ways in which women aged 50, in two different cultural contexts (United Kingdom and Italy) narrate and portray turning points in their life course. Particular emphasis is put on the relationships between identity, learning and agency that emerge through work, family and life experiences. The reference paradigm is adopted from Narrative Learning Theory and the approach is qualitative

RELA is a refereed academic journal produced by the European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA). It aims to create a forum for dialogue across European adult education as a field of research. World wide contributions are welcomed which are deemed by the editors to further debate and discussions.

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 9 (2018) 2, S. 161-177 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung;

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 9 (2018) 2, S. 179-192 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung;

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 9 (2018) 2, S. 193-210 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung;

Citizenship and the crisis of democracy : What role can adult education play in matters of public concern?

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 9 (2018) 2, S. 139-159 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung;

This paper discusses the many educational programmes offered to adults in parallel with museum exhibitions. These were systematically examined using programme analysis, a research method developed in adult education research in Germany, with the goal of determining and differentiating between learning/participation pathways to cultural education—the so-called portals to arts education. An analytical

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 9 (2018) 2, S. 229-248 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung;

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 9 (2018) 2, S. 211-227 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung;

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 9 (2018) 1, S. 45-60 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung; als elektronischer Volltext verfugbar

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 9 (2018) 1, S. 61-77 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Berufs- und Wirtschaftspadagogik; Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung; als elektronischer Volltext verfugbar

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 9 (2018) 1, S. 79-93 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Behindertenpadagogik; Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung; als elektronischer Volltext verfugbar

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 9 (2018) 1, S. 13-27 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung; als elektronischer Volltext verfugbar

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 8 (2017) 2, S. 179-194 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung; Bildungssoziologie;

This article approaches adult learning within the social economy through a critical and spatial lens. First, I approach the critical pedagogy of Freire, outlining the dialectical relationship between subjectivity and objectivity enacted in the development of critical consciousness. Carrying this dialogical argumentative forward, I go on to show how the critical geography of Lefebvre ‘unpacks’ this

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 9 (2018) 1, S. 29-44 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung; als elektronischer Volltext verfugbar

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 8 (2017) 2, S. 171-178 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung; Bildungssoziologie; als elektronischer Volltext verfugbar

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 8 (2017) 2, S. 207-223 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung; Bildungssoziologie; als elektronischer Volltext verfugbar

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 8 (2017) 2, S. 195-206 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung; Bildungssoziologie;

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 9 (2018) 1, S. 109-125 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung; als elektronischer Volltext verfugbar

The aim of this article is to shed light on how the democratic ideal of institutionalised Nordic popular education is realised through an ethnographic field study in an English as a foreign languag ...

We assume that social media use contributes to employability and sociality and media literacy complements a basic set of skills. Especially the low skilled and low educated lack media literacy, which contributes to their precarious situation and increases a participation gap. A database search for peer reviewed articles covering effective elements of media literacy did not return any useful results

This paper historicises and problematises the concept of the digital citizen and how it is constructed in Sweden today. Specifically, it examines the role of popular education in such an entangleme ...

This paper examines how current theorizing on public pedagogy can be used to understand scholarship on creative, arts-based pedagogies in informal environmental education for adults. In particular, the study applies Biestas (2012, 2014) typology of public pedagogies to three bodies of literature: arts-based adult learning and education in the environmental movement, eco-art, and Tactical Urbanism,

Over the years, the European Union has strengthened measures that address the need to find answers to the challenges posed by the information society, which in turn underscores the importance of a focus on innovation of adult education, especially for those in conditions of social exclusion. The aim of this paper is to analyse the reality of Higher Education in Distance Learning and e-Learning in a

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 8 (2017) 1, S. 7-20 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung;

The study described in this article used grounded theory methodology to investigate adults’ accounts of their relationships with others when using information and communication technologies (ICT). Ten women and ten men were interviewed. All were Italians born between 1952-1961. It was found that the participants shared a common eagerness to learn and use ICT, which led us to coin the term ‘digital

New learning spaces and learning formats affected the learning and education of adults. In this respect, digitalisation is believed to reduce social exclusion. Moreover, adult education, social inclusion and social capital are positively related among adults. Therefore, this questionnaire study examines how adults who are engaged in online and blended learning perceived change in social inclusion and

In this article we analyze the social economy projects of Avani – a Community Based Organization based in Himalayas and reflect on their potential for enabling a critical pedagogy of place. We use the concept of tactics in a spatial and educational sense to explore Avani’s projects as an intervention within the dominant place logic of capitalism that opens market opportunities and enables new experiences

An adequate incorporation of migrants in the labour market, able to fully unleash their potential, is a major challenge for EU development. In this direction, the recognition of migrantsÂ’ skills, knowledge and competence acquired in formal and non/informal contexts represents a crucial issue. Based on a comparative research work conducted at European level, this paper highlights the ambivalence of

This article addresses the issue of marketisation in the field of adult education by reflecting on the Europeanisation of education currently taking place through the establishment of European adult education policies. The article argues that Europeanisation fosters marketisation of adult education and commodifies valuable knowledge and desirable forms of neoliberal subjectivity. An analysis of Slovene

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 7 (2016) 2, S. 146-150 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung; als elektronischer Volltext verfugbar

European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 8 (2017) 2, S. 225-243 Padagogische Teildisziplin: Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung; Bildungssoziologie; als elektronischer Volltext verfugbar

We approach marketization and commodification of adult education from multiple lenses including our personal narratives and neoliberalism juxtaposed against the educational philosophy of the Progressive Period. We argue that adult education occurs in many arenas including the public spaces found in social movements, community-based organizations, and government sponsored programs designed to engage