The Shanghai Seven after 21 Years: Reflections on the Breakthrough ICAE Meeting in China

Autor/inn/en	Boshier, Roger; Huang, Yan
Titel	The Shanghai Seven after 21 Years: Reflections on the Breakthrough ICAE Meeting in China
Quelle	In: Convergence, 38 (2005) 2, S.5-27 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-8146
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Adult Education; Educational History; Context Effect; Global Approach; Politics of Education; Traditionalism; Social Change; Non Western Civilization; China (Shanghai) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Globales Denken; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Traditionalismus; Sozialer Wandel
Abstract	It is now 21 years since the 1984 International Council of Adult Education (ICAE) held their breakthrough conference in Shanghai's famous Jin Jiang hotel. By 2005 Shanghai was no longer a city of grey factories, Communist plotting, and dodgy dealings in international concessions. Shanghai has become the "city of tomorrow". The possibility of creating an ICAE was canvassed during the 1972 UNESCO World Conference on Adult Education. Roby Kidd was fond of starting organisations, but those present knew the post-World War I World Association for Adult Education had sunk without a trace. Even sustaining local adult education associations was difficult. Yet, Kidd, the unrealistic, passionate, and not-to-be-deterred Canadian wanted to embrace the world. Some thought an "International" Council for Adult Education would enfeeble UNESCO. Despite apprehensions, ICAE was launched in 1973 and would give voice to educators in developing countries. In this study, the authors capture and contextualise reflections of the "Shanghai seven"--three Western, three Chinese and one "bridge" participant in the 1984 symposium. The purpose of this study was to: (1) understand the context that framed the 1984 Shanghai Symposium on Adult Education; and (2) assess the significance of the 1984 Shanghai symposium as recalled by selected participants from China and the West. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10