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Wojcik, Deborah J.; Ardoin, Nicole M.; Gould, Rachelle K. – Environmental Education Research, 2021
Environmental learning occurs through an interconnected web of opportunities. Some arise via organizations with sustainability- or environmental learning-focused missions, while others are facilitated by organizations focused on impacts and outcomes in a range of areas, such as health, social justice, or the arts. To better understand the richness…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Network Analysis, Environmental Education, Ecology
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Zhang, Yong; Perkins, Douglas D. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2023
We define community education as organized lifelong learning through voluntary participation in collective efforts to critically address both individual and community needs. Community education has roots in European folk schools, United States participatory democracy, and Latin American "popular education." Community education developed…
Descriptors: Community Education, Empowerment, Lifelong Learning, Educational Development
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Harrison, Ursula; Ollis, Tracey; Ryan, Cheryl – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2020
Neighbourhood Houses are significant sites of community-based adult learning spaces that are empowering, supportive and caring. They embody inclusive community development processes and adult learning practices that facilitate formal, informal, and incidental learning. Practices in these sites of social inclusion support relationships and shared…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Community Organizations, Interpersonal Relationship, Adult Students
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Haryono Suyono – Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 2021
Ageing populations are growing everywhere in the world including in Indonesia. The growth of the ageing population has led to policy concerns about how the country's aged population is being cared for and supported, what approaches families and governments could do to meet the needs of the aged and how to encourage the ageing population to…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Older Adults, Public Policy, Aging (Individuals)