Glossary
of Adult Learning in Europe
ed. Paolo Federighi
UIE/EAEA (European Association
for the Education of Adults), 1999
ISBN 92 820 1103-8
with the support of the European
Commission, Programme Socrates, Adult Education
free of charge
A glossary, regardless of which
discipline it relates to, constitutes a tool linked to a precise historical
period or a current of thought. This is particularly true for adult education.
The fact that the first terminologies of the seventies are used today in
compiling encyclopaedias, dictionaries, and glossaries is a sign of the
times. In all the member-states of the European Union, adult education
is leaving behind its image as an underestimated sector, under the care
of well meaning people. Whether it be in the area of research or
politics, the subject of adult learning is rapidly evolving and its dynamics
are difficult to keep up with.
This glossary has been compiled
because the creation of a common Europe requires it; because today, as
well, policies and measures are being applied in the field of adult learning.
Because new subjects, institutions, social partners and social movements
are appearing on the scene with new awareness and new competencies. Because
politics, practice, thought and research have renewed definitions in our
field of work and invented new terminology as a consequence.
In this sense, this glossary has
been updated to give the reader a better understanding without, however,
any pretence of homogenising the current terminological babel.
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This publication is also available in French under the title: Glossaire de l’éducation des adultes en Europe
sous la direction de Paolo Federighi
IUE/AEEA (Association européenne pour l’éducation des adultes) 2000
ISBN 92 820 2082-7
free of charge