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Anna Åkerfeldt; Nina Bergdahl; Stefan Hrastinski – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
Research informing adult education teachers' didactic practices in distance education is scarce. Approaching the adult learner's perspectives on how distance education is perceived is key to informing future initiatives. This study explores adult learners' perception of distance education, concentrating on aspects such as, social presence, course…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Student Attitudes, Course Content, Interpersonal Relationship
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Muhrman, Karolina; Andersson, Per – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2022
The aim of this study is to describe and analyse how municipal adult education (MAE) in Sweden is enacted at the intersection of course organisation, student selection and course content. For this analysis, the data consist of a nationwide survey sent to Swedish municipalities, interviews with school leaders from 20 municipalities and in-depth…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Commercialization, Foreign Countries, Municipalities
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Beach, Dennis; Carlen, Margata – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2009
The head gangman in the Swedish building trade is a worker elected organiser in a gang comprising between about 4 and 16 workers and an "on-site" and trained representative of the trades union. In 2002 the employer association for the building industry in Sweden (BI) and the Swedish Building and Allied Trades Union (SBATU) signed a joint…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Building Trades, Unions, Administrators