Reflecting on the "Global Report on Adult Learning and Education" in the "Post-Truth Society"

Autor/inn/en	Walters, Shirley; Watters, Kathy
Titel	Reflecting on the "Global Report on Adult Learning and Education" in the "Post-Truth Society"
Quelle	In: Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 67 (2017) 3, S.228-237 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-7136
DOI	10.1177/0741713617700675
Schlagwörter	Adult Learning; Adult Education; Reports; Lifelong Learning; Popular Education; Nonformal Education; Informal Education; Holistic Approach; Advocacy; Global Approach; Authoritarianism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Abschlussbericht; Berichten; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Befreiungspädagogik; Non-formal education; Non formal education; Nichtformale Bildung; Informelle Bildung; Holistischer Ansatz; Sozialanwaltschaft; Globales Denken; Autoritarismus
Abstract	This article contextualizes and reviews the third global report on adult learning and education (ALE) released by UNESCO in 2016. The authors suggest that it is a visionary document, which is articulated through the bringing together of data from a range of areas that are usually kept apart. They recognize the report as a bold attempt to project what role ALE plays, or could play, within a holistic philosophy and approach to lifelong learning. They argue that given the ambitious nature of the task, and the inevitable tensions and contradictions that exist within a report of this nature, the report both fails to present a robust picture of ALE and succeeds as an advocacy document toward achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. They recognize that the political and pedagogical work undertaken by the third "Global Report on Adult Learning and Education" is at an early stage. Alongside this work, they argue for the importance of the broader nonformal and informal ALE, including popular education, as a means of challenging the "post-truth society." (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01