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An adult educator is a professional who facilitates learning for adults, employing various teaching methods and strategies to enhance knowledge, skills, and competencies. This field encompasses the design, implementation, and evaluation of educational programs tailored to the unique needs and experiences of adult learners.
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An adult educator is a professional who facilitates learning for adults, employing various teaching methods and strategies to enhance knowledge, skills, and competencies. This field encompasses the design, implementation, and evaluation of educational programs tailored to the unique needs and experiences of adult learners.

Key research themes

1. What core competences define effective adult educators across diverse European contexts?

This research theme investigates the essential skills, knowledge, and attitudes that adult educators must possess to facilitate effective adult learning. Given Europe's diversity in cultural, national, and institutional contexts, identifying a common set of competences informs professional development, credentialing, and policy frameworks that support adult educators’ roles in lifelong learning.

Key finding: This paper synthesizes findings from five major European research projects identifying ten common competences for adult learning facilitators, such as personal and professional development, pedagogical skills, and contextual... Read more
Key finding: Drawing on Delphi studies, a European expert survey, and comparative curricula analysis, this study identifies stable, core competences for adult educators transcending national and domain-specific differences. Key... Read more
Key finding: Based on interviews with 91 adult educators in Poland, Ukraine, and Russia during societal transitions, the paper reveals that adult educators’ professional identity and perceived competences are deeply embedded in... Read more

2. How do adult educators' professional roles and identities evolve amid sociopolitical and educational transformations?

This theme explores the dynamic conceptualization of adult educators' roles and identities in response to historical, cultural, and policy shifts. It emphasizes challenges adult educators face, including reconciling emancipatory ideals with neoliberal pressures, navigating societal changes such as democratization, and adapting to evolving educational landscapes. Understanding these evolutions is critical for informing training, support, and policy that sustain adult educators' relevance and effectiveness.

Key finding: Through a comparative analysis of 26 ethical codes, this study clarifies the role of professional ethics in adult educators' evolving identities. Ethical codes not only guide behavior but also constitute a form of... Read more
Key finding: The research shows that adult educators' professional identities are re-negotiated in post-communist transitions, reflecting shifts in societal narratives and educational priorities. These educators grapple with tasks related... Read more
Key finding: This editorial outlines a historical and conceptual framing of adult education research, highlighting the tension between emancipatory traditions and instrumental, workforce-focused perspectives intensified by neoliberalism.... Read more
Key finding: This paper reflects on the evolving educational role of adult educators amid profound societal and epistemological transformations. It critiques reductionist views of adulthood, calling for a reflective recognition of adult... Read more

3. What are the challenges and effective strategies for supporting adult learners, especially in diverse and shifting educational environments?

This theme focuses on understanding adult learners’ barriers to participation and success, particularly in higher education, basic education, and language programs. It investigates how institutional structures, learner characteristics, and educational delivery impact access, retention, and outcomes. Additionally, it examines pedagogical responses and policy initiatives designed to enhance adult learners’ education in both formal and non-formal settings.

Key finding: The paper identifies systemic barriers adult learners face in higher education regarding accessibility, affordability, and accountability. It highlights the need for innovative program design, such as flexible online... Read more
Key finding: Through survey and focus group data, this toolkit addresses challenges faced by educators serving adult English language learners in varied settings, including rural and faith-based programs. It provides practical... Read more
Key finding: This study documents high absenteeism among adult basic education learners and examines factors contributing to poor attendance, including resource shortages, educator preparedness, and learner motivation. It underscores the... Read more

All papers in Adult Educator

Vertrauenspersonen aus dem privaten oder sozialräumlichen Umfeld spielen eine maßgebliche Rolle, um potenziellen AdressatInnen für Angebote der Grund-/Basisbildung einen Weg zur Teilnahme zu bahnen. Gelingt es, dass MultiplikatorInnen,... more
Established in 1972 and is organizing teaching, research and extension programmes. It is offering M.A.Degree in Adult Education (1978-79) and research programmes leading to M.Phli., and Ph.D., degrees (1980) and Post-Doctoral programme.... more
Within the framework of UNESCO's program in the field of educational policies, planning and administration, the training of educational planners, and the training and upgrading of educational administration staff is a high priority... more
Obrazovanje u području informacijskih znanosti u Europi: poticanje mobilnosti i harmonizacija ishoda učenja (European Information Science Education: Encouraging Mobility and Learning Outcomes Harmonization -EINFOSE), projekat je čiji je... more
Tekst prikazuje razvoj nastavnih sredstava – od grafoskopa do savremenih digitalnih alata koji koriste veštačku inteligenciju – kroz prizmu praktične primene u nastavi. Korišćen je primer iz projekta *Moja plava škola* u okviru kojeg je... more
Mit dem Projekt "learn forever" werden lernungewohnte Frauen angesprochen, die Gefahr laufen, den Anschluss an die Wissens- und Informationsgesellschaft zu verlieren, und die wenig bis keinen Zugang zur Weiterbildung finden.... more
Pregled mog trenutnog doktorskog projekta pod naslovom „Tekstualnost i matematika: hermeneutika“. Projekat razvija teoriju tumačenja u poststrukturalističkoj tradiciji, zasnovanu na ideji da se tekstualne prakse oslanjaju na male... more
U radu se na osnovu arhivske građe pohranjene u nizu fondova Arhiva Jugoslavije i Vojnog arhiva i dosadašnje istoriografske i publicističke literature razmatraju uvođenje predvojničke obuke u Jugoslaviji, zakonski okviri u kojima je ona... more
This e-book contains the proceedings of the inaugural meeting of the ESREA Network on Adult Educators, Trainers and their Professional Development (ReNAdET): Educating the adult educator - Quality provision and assessment in Europe. The... more
This research explores a methodological support in a service-learning program, with a focus on its perception and reception during the “Spanish at Alas” project. The focus of the teaching process is a task-based foreign... more
Dieser Beitrag gibt Einblick in die Arbeit der "Weiterbildungsakademie Österreich" (wba), den Ablauf der Kompetenzanerkennung und die Beratung der wba-Studierenden. Die Kompetenzanforderungen für das wba-Diplom Beratung werden dabei etwas... more
In 2010, a mandatory teacher training course was introduced for new vocational college teachers in Denmark. Since then, all vocational teachers have to complete the same course, regardless of practical work experience and educational... more
In den letzten Jahren ist es verstärkt zu einer Diskussion der Qualität in der Erwachsenenbildung gekommen, gleichzeitig hat eine Professionalisierung stattgefunden, ersichtlich z. B. an der stetig steigenden Zahl der... more
Dizajn treninga se sastoji od planiranja sadržaja i metoda treninga te određivanja predznanja polaznika. Andragoške postavke označene kao aktivnosti za primjenu adekvatnih i jasnih primjera i stručnih izraza kod organizacije i izvođenja... more
Kontekst informacijskog društva i društva znanja predstavlja izazov za nove politike obrazovanja, koje se prilagođavaju potrebama tržišta rada, a tržište rada zahtijeva stalno usavršavanje i stjecanje novih znanja i vještina, što... more
Kontekst informacijskog društva i društva znanja predstavlja izazov za nove politike obrazovanja, koje se prilagođavaju potrebama tržišta rada, a tržište rada zahtijeva stalno usavršavanje i stjecanje novih znanja i vještina, što... more
Učenje i razvoj poduzetničkih kompetencija uvršteno je u strateške dokumente za razvoj obrazovanja i poduzetništva u Republici Hrvatskoj, pri čemu se nameće potreba za postojanjem cjelovitog programa učenja poduzetništva i poduzetničkih... more
This article tells the story of a day in the life of three female adult educators, one that is marked by extra unpaid services, hardly allows for illness and demands a great degree of flexibility. Under these intolerable circumstances,... more
Für den Bereich der allgemeinen und beruflichen Bildung sind auf europäischer Ebene seit 2010 mehrere "ET 2020-Arbeitsgruppen" tätig 1. Sie bilden einen wesentlichen Bestandteil der "Offenen Methode der Koordinierung" (OMK), die im Jahr... more
SAŽETAK Kurs osnovnih mera životne podrške (BLS) Evropskog resuscitacionog saveta ima jasno utvrđene zadatke, ciljeve i ishode. Nove tehnologije nude nove mogućnosti i novu didaktičku opremu za sprovođenje obuke za BLS. Radna grupa... more
C the 30th anniversary of the Department for Andragogy at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade certainly is a good reason to look back and summarize the lectures learned in these three decades. Moreover, to look forward to the strengths... more
In diesem Beitrag werden ausgewählte Ergebnisse einer empirischen Studie zum Globalen Lernen mit Menschen im "Dritten Lebensalter" vorgestellt und Schlussfolgerungen für die Konzeptionierung von Globalem Lernen mit Senioren... more
Obrazovanje odraslih dio je jedinstvenog sistema obrazovanja svake države koji odraslima, tokom cijelog života, obezbjeđuje sticanje kompetencija i kvalifikacija potrebnih za lični i profesionalni razvoj, rad i zapošljavanje, kao i... more
Cilj ovog rada jeste da se čitaocima približi pojam profesionalnog zagovaranja / zastupanja u kontekstu profesije pedagoga i pedagoške delatnosti. Profesionalno zagovaranje predstavlja pokretač socijalne promene i obuhvata niz aktivnosti... more
Apstrakt: U radu se razmatra problematika kvaliteta obuka za odrasle, pri čemu je analiza utemeljena na dva, kao što ćemo imati prilike da vidimo, neretko različita viđenja, odnosno procene kvaliteta obuka. S jedne strane, kvalitet obuka... more
In this article the effects of application of sociodramatic approach in an academic teaching were explored. The objective of the research was to analyze the effects that system of five teaching units, based on sociodramatic approach, had... more
Uvođenje projektnog menadžmenta kao formaliziranog predmeta ili grupe predmeta u visokoobrazovnim institucijama jugoistocne Europe korespondira s pojavom siroko disperziranih obrazovnih programa posebno u podrucju menadžmenta i nekih... more
Pedagoška paradigma učenja usmerenog na učenika koja se širi suočava se sa ozbiljnim problemomnedostatkom obrazovnih tehnologija koje obezbeđuju primenu u životu. Danas, među postojećim tehnologijama, najkompletniji i najpopularniji oblik... more
I the undersigned, declare that I have edited and also scrutinized the language used in this dissertation. Over and above the corrections I have made, I have also made suggestions meant improve the readability of the dissertation.
Vrste ocenjivanja-materijal sa MOOCa Ocenjivanje je završni deo procesa učenja, iako ga ne treba shvatiti kao završnu evaluaciju već kao način da se unapredi ceo proces. Ocenjivanje je važno, jer je to sredstvo koje nastavnici/vaspitači i... more
Edukativni paket ima za cilj da kroz kreativan pristup podigne svest i znanje dece o održivim i cirkularnim stilovima života i da osnaži decu da ostvarivanjem svojih kreativnih potencijala utiču na svoju okolinu da živi zdravijim,... more
Apstrakt: Vrednovanje efekata realizacije seminara stručnog usavršavanja profesionalaca u obrazovanju treba da omogući da se objektivno sagledava šta su učesnici naučili na seminaru, na koje načine su to primenili u praksi i koji su... more
Wie können Lehrende in ihrer Kompetenz zur Gestaltung von Lehr-Lernprozessen gefördert werden? Welche Möglichkeiten und Vorteile eröffnet fallbasiertes Lernen? Und: Was leistet curriculumtheoretische Didaktik? In diesem Beitrag wird das... more
Uvođenje projektnog menadžmenta kao formaliziranog predmeta ili grupe predmeta u visokoobrazovnim institucijama jugoistocne Europe korespondira s pojavom siroko disperziranih obrazovnih programa posebno u podrucju menadžmenta i nekih... more
Das deutsche Projekt GRETA zielt darauf ab, Grundlagen für die Entwicklung und Implementierung eines trägerübergreifenden Systems zur Anerkennung von Kompetenzen Lehrender in der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung zu schaffen. Es wird seit... more
Das deutsche Projekt GRETA zielt darauf ab, Grundlagen für die Entwicklung und Implementierung eines trägerübergreifenden Systems zur Anerkennung von Kompetenzen Lehrender in der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung zu schaffen. Es wird seit... more
This article addresses the self-images of adult educators in view of exercising their professional agency in contexts of social transformation after the fall of the communist regimes. It draws on research undertaken in Poland, Ukraine and... more
In the process of professionalisation of adult educators, a significant role is played by qualification, educational and evaluation standards. However, they do not often deal with ethical questions which can arise from their relationship... more
This article explores the role of the European Union in defining an adult education policy and the way European countries appropriate those guidelines and implement them in their realities. These policies have been widening and... more
The issue of management in education has traditionally been subordinated to the analysis of the issue of teaching and upbringing. The history of the teaching profession, in which the school administration has hardly been given importance... more
Obrazovanje u području informacijskih znanosti u Europi: poticanje mobilnosti i harmonizacija ishoda učenja (European Information Science Education: Encouraging Mobility and Learning Outcomes Harmonization -EINFOSE), projekat je čiji je... more
Certainly the question "still adults?" may sound differently depending on the reader's age. If, in fact, we referred to a group of young adults or adolescents, the question would probably express some discontent: "Enough with these... more
In the face of contemporary educational transformations, this contribution aims to analyze the educational role that can still be played by the adult educator. Without restoring old categories of the past,…
Research over the last few decades has supported the contention that ‘there are different literacy practices in different domains of social life ….[and] these change over time’_x000D_ (Hamilton, Tett, & Crowther, 2012, p.3). In this... more
Die europäische Erwachsenenbildung scheint wenig "digital bereit" zu sein: In den Bildungseinrichtungen dominieren Desktop-PCs, ältere Lernmanagementsysteme und Softwarelösungen, wenige Anbieter haben E-Learning-Angebote im... more
Die europäische Erwachsenenbildung scheint wenig "digital bereit" zu sein: In den Bildungseinrichtungen dominieren Desktop-PCs, ältere Lernmanagementsysteme und Softwarelösungen, wenige Anbieter haben E-Learning-Angebote im... more
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