Access, Learning Careers and Identities Network Conference 2011. Transitions and Identity in Learning and Life - Deutscher Bildungsserver

Access, Learning Careers and Identities Network Conference 2011. Transitions and Identity in Learning and Life

24.11.2011, 10:00 Uhr - 26.11.2011, 13:00 Uhr

Univerity of Aveiro
Aveiro

Portugal
Barbara.Merrill@warwick.ac.uk

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Research on adult education and transitions is an emerging but an increasingly popular area of research, particularly in the field of higher education, as it reflects the nature of life in late modernity. Learning and adult education may be perceived by the learner as an opportunity for self-development, changing identity and transformation as well as gaining educational, social and economic benefits. For some adults transitions in learning may not always be positive as they struggle to cope with their learning or with external and/ or personal constraints. Research on transitions has been helped by the development and growth in the use of biographical methods in adult education across Europe as biographies capture a personÂ’s experiences of transitions across a lifecourse. Research is revealing the complexities between the experiences of learning and transitions in a range of adult education context. It can also help to inform policy and practice. The ESREA conference points out these issues and tries to answer the important questions regarding the trends and developments in adult education.