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Direct linkAngela Cahil – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2024
Further Education and Training (FET) in Ireland is an evolving educational sector, available in every community, that offers education, skills, and qualifications to a broad spectrum of the population (SOLAS, 2020). FET coordinators are an important occupational group within the FET sector, occupying a middle management/leadership position with…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Leadership Training, Foreign Countries, Public Sector
Download full textWalsh, Anne; O'Kelly, Jane; Kenny, Michael – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2020
The HEI FET Forum was established in 2012 for the eight Higher Education Institutions who provide initial teacher education qualifications for those wishing to work as accredited teachers in the Further Education and Training (FET) Sector. Its remit is to advance teaching, learning and research in the FET sector and to widen the Forum's engagement…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Adult Educators
Ring, Emer; O'Sullivan, Lisha; O'Keefe, Suzanne; Ferris, Fiona; Wall, Eugene – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2019
In response to the exponential growth in the prevalence of autism in Ireland and 95% of all children availing of the universal free pre-school scheme, AsIAm delivered a continuing professional development (CPD) programme, to 311 adult learners. The paper reports on a multi-method evaluation of the impact of the programme on early childhood…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Students with Disabilities, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Raymer, Annalisa L. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2018
Over 200 municipalities from 48 countries belong to a global network of localities working independently and collectively to realize a robust concept of cities, towns and regions as ecosystems of lifelong learning for the well-being of individuals, communities, nations and the planet. What is the number of U.S. localities participating? Zero. This…
Descriptors: International Cooperation, International Organizations, Municipalities, Lifelong Learning
Behan, Cormac – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2021
This publication focuses on some of the unique characteristics and challenges concerning the provision of education in prison, including: the emergence of an informal curriculum; language tuition in prison; access to higher education; the availability of library facilities; digital literacy; civic engagement and social (re)integration; and prison…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Barriers
Sherry, Rhona; Moore, Patricia-Anne – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2008
This article describes the experience of the Downtown Centre in establishing an accessible and recognisable centre in Limerick city, which represents regional higher education partners, and which provides services and programmes to support adult learners in progressing to higher education. The article reflects on the achievements of the Centre…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Keogh, Helen – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2004
Any consideration of recent and proposed developments in education and training at European Union (EU) level points, in a word, to "Lisbon". "Lisbon", as in the "Lisbon Agenda", is the destination, the compass and the journey driving developments in education and training systems in the EU member states. This paper…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Almeida, Patrícia Albergaria, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2013
This volume contains papers submitted to the 11th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 14-17 May 2013, and papers submitted to the 1st International Distance Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre "Scientific Cooperation,"…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Conference Papers, Comparative Education, Global Approach
Neumann, Marco; O'Murchu, Ina; Breslin, John; Decker, Stefan; Hogan, Deirdre; MacDonaill, Ciaran – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2005
Purpose: The motivation for this investigation is to apply social networking features to a semantic network portal, which supports the efforts in enterprise training units to up-skill the employee in the company, and facilitates the creation and reuse of knowledge in online communities. Design/methodology/approach: The paper provides an overview…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Management, Semantics, Social Networks
