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Guevara: “We need flexibility in adult education policy, not rigid structures”

Nov 1, 2024 | elmmagazine.eu | Katriina Palo-Närhinen |Wif Stenger

“Given the diverse nature of post-schooling education, we need flexibility in adult education policy, not rigid structures,” argues Robbie Guevara, President of International Council for Adult Education and Associate Professor at RMIT University in Melbourne.
Uwe Gartenschlaeger: Adult education is essential to tackle societal challenges

Oct 4, 2024 | elmmagazine.eu | Katriina Palo-Närhinen |Wif Stenger

“If we want to live in peace and democracy, if we want to give everybody a fair chance not to be left behind, we need lifelong learning and adult learning,” says Uwe Gartenschlaeger, President of the EAEA. EAEA President Uwe Gartenschlaeger has a strong message to practitioners in adult learning and education: you’re essential. Adult educators face a lot of challenges around the world – and so do their societies.
“If the habit of delegating cognition to tools becomes a common practice, we will have a generation of stupid people in a world of intelligent machines,” says professor António Dias de Figueiredo. Photo: Teresa Figueiredo.

Apr 5, 2024 | elmmagazine.eu | Katriina Palo-Närhinen |Wif Stenger

In ELM’s interview, António Dias de Figueiredo, retired professor of Information Systems at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, points to specific benefits and potential dangers of using AI in adult learning – and offers a gloomy assessment of the prospects for equality in digital learning across Europe. How does generative AI (GenAI) affect the learning processes and education of adult learners?
Nordic view: Peace as a prerequisite to gender equality and human rights

Dec 5, 2023 | elmmagazine.eu | Wif Stenger |Katriina Palo-Närhinen

Imagining Peace in Iceland In 2023, Iceland has led the Nordic Council of Ministers with a year-long presidency focusing on the theme of the Nordic region as a force for peace. “Peace is the prerequisite for human rights, especially women’s rights, social stability and environmental protection,” the Presidency programme declares.