Session Information
23 SES 05 B, Initial Professional Qualifications of Adult Educators Within and Across Countries
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Time:
2009-09-29
08:30-10:00
Room:
HG, HS 7
Chair:
Marit Honerød Hoveid
Discussant:
Regina Egetenmeyer
Contribution
Adult education and lifelong learning together form one of the priorities for development in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The important historical and social context in which the professional development of adult educators has been taking place in the Baltic States since they regained their independence in the 1990s lies in the changes in sociopolitical, economic and social life that have developed since then. There is increased concern about the need to qualify adult education practitioners so as to enhance quality in the provision of adult education and training. However, the prerequisites for the professional development of adult educators is a neglected area of research when compared to other fields of education and training. We are analyzing the professional development of adult educators in the following terms:
• How transformational changes in the Baltic States during the past decade have influenced adult education policy and practice, the adult education profession itself and the professional development of adult educators;
• How adult education policies, initial education and training practices affect the process of professional development among adult educators;
• What exactly the professional development of adult educators consists of.
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