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“Learner-Centred Education for Adult Migrants in Europe: A Critical Comparative Analysis” New book co-edited by Associate Professor Maria Gravani

 

The results of a research concerning adult education of migrants in four European countries (Cyprus, Malta, Estonia and Scotland), financed by the Open University of Cyprus (OUC), are presented in a new book entitled “Learner-Centred Education for Adult Migrants in Europe: A Critical Comparative Analysis”, co-edited by Associate Professor Maria Gravani, Academic Coordinator of the postgraduate programmesContinuing Education and Lifelong LearningandInternational Masters in Adult Education for Social Change of the OUC and Bonnie Slade, Professor of Adult Education for Social Change at the University of Glasgow.

The book, published by Brill/Sense, is part of the International Issues in Adult Education Series, which is edited by Professor Peter Mayo. It addresses the lack of research on how learner-centered education (LCE) is used in adult education as a tool for social change across different national contexts. Focusing on migration as a social process, and on migrants as active citizens in their host countries, the book presents the convergences and divergences in the treatment of migrants as adult learners in the different national and social settings, the ways in which these settings affect their learning process, and how they intersect with their personal experiences as learners. The comparative approach adopted in this research is particularly important for exploring the complex global, regional, national and local dynamics that account for varying implementations (or non-implementations) of LCE in different settings in the four European counties used as case-studies, and for assessing the best practices or weaknesses of diverse LCE programmes. The book also introduces and elaborates on a new term for adult migrant education, the "Emancipatory Learner-Centered Education".

Learner-Centred Education for Adult Migrants in Europe: A Critical Comparative Analysis” is a well-organized effort, and a useful handbook for academics, researchers, students and researchers in lifelong learning, adult education, migrant education, education for social change and comparative education.

 

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