A new volume of the Studies on Adult Learning and Education has been recently published by Firenze University Press:

Adult Education and Social Justice: International Perspectives

This special collection of studies, edited by distinguished colleagues as Slowey, Hinzen, Omolewa and Osborne,  pays tribute to the achievements and legacy of Prof. Lalage Bown, a well-respected Scottish adult educator having devoted her working life to social justice, fair and equitable human learning, intercultural dialogue and citizenship education for adults be promoted in underdeveloped regions of the world. Bown has spent good years upon bridging in between adult education of global North and South with care, respect and understanding towards marginalised and vulnerable groups of adults to be supported by education and basic skills development.

Collected papers of this special volume demonstrate some recent trends and issues of international adult learning and education to have influenced quality developments in raising participation and performance in ALE in the focus of SDGs, CONFINTEA VII and MFA.

Main parts of this book are: 

INTRODUCTION

PART I ADULT EDUCATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE CO-ORDINATING, EDITOR: MARIA SLOWEY

PART II DECOLONISATION, POST-COLONIALISM AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE, CO-ORDINATING EDITOR: MICHAEL OMOLEWA

PART III FROM LITERACY TO LIFELONG LEARNING, CO-ORDINATING EDITOR: MICHAEL OSBORNE

PART IV FOSTERING EXCELLENCE: POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORTING FUTURE GENERATIONS OF ADULT EDUCATORS, CO-ORDINATING EDITOR: HERIBERT HINZEN

CONCLUDING THOUGHTS

Bibliographical data:

Adult Education and Social Justice: International Perspectives / edited by Maria Slowey, Heribert Hinzen, Michael Omolewa, Michael Osborne. – Firenze : Firenze University Press, 2023. (Studies on Adult Learning and Education ; 17)

Source: https://books.fupress.com/isbn/9791221502534 

ISSN 2704-596X (print) ISSN 2704-5781 (online) 

ISBN 979-12-215-0252-7 (Print) 

ISBN 979-12-215-0253-4 (PDF) 

ISBN 979-12-215-0254-1 (XML)

DOI 10.36253/979-12-215-0253-4