Getting serious: The national 'vision splendid' for adult education 60 years on.
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| Title: | Getting serious: The national 'vision splendid' for adult education 60 years on. |
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| Authors: | Golding, Barry1 b.golding@federation.edu.au |
| Source: | Australian Journal of Adult Learning. Nov2020, Vol. 60 Issue 3, p365-398. 34p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Adult education, *Adult learning, *Continuing education, *Community education, Australians |
| Abstract: | This paper poses three research questions, based primarily on evidence from six decades of the Australian Journal of Adult Education (AJAL, 2000-present) and its antecedent journals dating back to 1961. Firstly, it asks what was the context for establishing a national adult learning association, Australian Association of Adult Education (AAAE) in 1960, renamed the Australian Association for Adult and Community Education (AACE) in 1989, and Adult Learning Australia (ALA) in 1998? Secondly, it asks how the association, the research in its journals and the field of adult education adapted to the rapidly changing context, opportunities and needs for lifelong learning in Australia? In doing so, the paper critically examines evidence of ongoing tensions and difficulties delivering on ALA's 2020 vision of 'lifelong and lifewide learning for all Australians'. It also asks what the current situation is for Australian adult education, and what possible new courses for the future ALA and AJAL might take. The first two research questions are addressed in the body of this paper. The third question is addressed primarily within the Discussion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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