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Training Adult Educators in Western Europe

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Professional qualifications for adult educators have been subject of discussions and a research question for more than thirty years. In an overview of adult learning programs for training adult educators in Western Europe professionalization is said to be the ‘rationale’ behind the interest in adult education. Today, the training of adult educators is an integrated part of adult learning in a lifelong perspective.

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    For a more detailed description of Danish adult education se Adult Education in Denmark (Voss, 2011).

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    An overview over some of the different pedagogical challenges is presented in Learning and Knowing in Practice-Based Studies (Gherardi & Strati, 2012).

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    The universities’ role in a lifelong perspective is discussed in the UNESCO publication The Role of Higher Education in Promoting Lifelong Education (Yang, Schneller, & Roche, 2015).

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    The example is described in Wahlgren, Mariager-Andersson, and Sørensen (2016) and Wahlgren and Mariager-Anderson (2015).

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    The example is described in Wahlgren and Mariager-Andersson (2018).

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    The method and experiences by using it is describe in Evaluation of Transformative Learning Circles—New models for competence development help adult educators meet new challenges. Nordic Council of Ministers.

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Wahlgren, B. (2020). Training Adult Educators in Western Europe. In: Pushpanadham, K. (eds) Teacher Education in the Global Era. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4008-0_16

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