Through the Looking Glass: Adult Education through the Lens of the Australian Journal of Adult Learning over Fifty Years

Autor/inn/en	Harris, Roger; Morrison, Anne
Titel	Through the Looking Glass: Adult Education through the Lens of the Australian Journal of Adult Learning over Fifty Years
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 51 (2011), S.17-52 (36 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-1394
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Adult Learning; Adult Education; Periodicals; Role; Adult Educators; Trend Analysis; Authors; Reflection; Longitudinal Studies; Content Analysis; Educational Trends; Lifelong Learning; Intellectual Disciplines; Australia; Canada; India; New Zealand; Nigeria; United Kingdom; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Rollen; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Trendanalyse; Author; Autor; Autorin; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Inhaltsanalyse; Bildungsentwicklung; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Geisteswissenschaften; Australien; Kanada; Indien; Neuseeland; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	In this paper we review fifty years of articles published in Australian Journal of Adult Learning in its various iterations. We examine the different roles of the journal: to illuminate the history and trends of adult education authors; to be the flagship of the adult education profession in Australia; to reflect on significant national events; and to mirror the changing knowledge base of the discipline. We analyse the authorship of the articles over fifty years, and determine patterns in contribution to the journal by gender, location, institutional affiliation and author numbers. We also examine key themes that have surfaced in the writings on adult education. The articles published in the journal are significant because they are primary sources of the day, unfettered by the perspectives, viewpoints and standards of later periods. Our paper serves as a useful looking glass through which we might be able to view more clearly the shifting research interests of the past and the challenges in the future for the adult and community learning sector. (Contains 11 figures and 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10