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University of Pécs in partnership with University of Kaiserslautern; University of Florence; University of Brno; West University of Timisoara; University of Belgrade; Vytautas Magnus University; Dublin City University; University of Barcelona; University of Wurzburg; German Institute for Adult Education, Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning; and European Centre for Valuation of Prior Learning – EC-VPL organises an International Conference on

Adult Learning and Education in the Context of Cultural, Professional and Community Development

for academics, researchers, prominent practitioners and PhD students in the field of adult learning and education and related fields.

Date: 19th July 2016

Venue:  Faculty of Cultural Science, Education and Regional Development, University of Pécs, Hungary

Orientation of the Conference:

In the year of 2000, the Helsinki Conference on adult education was dedicated to Adult Education and Culture Working Together. In the Lisbon Decade, lifelong learning was understood to provide a balanced approach to teaching and learning for a knowledge-based economy and society to give way to the improvement of both active citizenship and employability.

Even though the end of the same decade with its economic and financial crisis made active citizenship to fade away and employability to dominate the discourse around adult learning, but towards 2020, we hope that this conference will demonstrate in what ways culture may help to recognise that learning is for life and not just for jobs.

Participants of the conference are invited to reflect on themes like:

• Adult Learning and the Cultural Context;
• Learning Communities and Community Learning;
• Citizenship, Active Citizenship and Responsibility;
• Participation and Performance in Adult Learning;
• Teaching and Learning with Adults: the Social Dimension. Matters of Quality and Professionalism

For the draft programme and more information, please click here.

 

 

Last modified: 19-05-2016