ADULT EDUCATION

The aims of the discipline are:

to acquire the specific language of the discipline;

to recognize some elements of diachronic development of adult education;

to identify today's epistemological references;

to identify the main research topics;

to identify contexts of action for adult education;

to recognize international guidelines for adult education.

The course is organised into lectures (about 40% of classroom hours) and classroom work (60%). Students will be asked to re-elaborate the contents of the lessons, work in small groups, present the work done in the classroom at home.

It is possible to participate in a University Laboratory entitled "The Landscapes of the Mafias" and at the Italian school for foreigners of the Community of S. Egidio. The activity performed will be credited.

Elements of history of adult education in Europe

From the campains against illiteracy in Italy to the Centers for Lifelong Learning of Adults in Italy

Permanent education and Lifelong learning

Learning in adulthood. Some theories of learning in adulthood

Adult Learning in the workplace. Continuing education

Theories on adulthood

Learning in the city: the model of learning cities

Social inclusion: the pedagogy of the oppressed

Alberici, M., Imparare sempre nella società della conoscenza, Mondadori, Milano, 2002, pp. 1-160

Freire, P., Pedagogy of the oppressed, Continuum, London- New York, 2007

Longworth, N., Learning Cities, Learning Regions, Learning Communities. Lifelong Learning and Local Government, Routledge, London and New York, 2006