Documents

• Erdi Expert Seminar publications
• ERDI Series "Portrait Adult Education ..."
• Project Reports
• Selected Papers

ERDI Expert Seminar publications

      Participation in Adult Education. Theory. Research. Practice.
           Edited Papers from the Fifth ERDI Expert Seminar Bonn
           21 -23 January 2005. Published by ERDI. Mechelen 2006
           ISBN 973-661-873-0
                    978-973-661-873-4
           Price: 17,50 € (postage not included)

           Better understanding about participation patterns, motives and barriers is needed
           to make the European area of lifelong learning a reality. The contributions collected
           in this book offer a wide range of theoretical reflections, research results and
           practice examples from Europe  to explore this issue from different perspectives.
           One aspect repeatedly emerging from these papers is that participation in the true
           sense is not merely a matter of course attendance and relevant statistics, but one
           of involvement and empowerment of adult learners.    

           Copies can be ordered from peter.strijdonk@vocb.be
 

ERDI series "Portrait Adult Education ..."

The ERDI board acts as editorial board for a publication series "Portrait Adult Education" which is designed to give concise information on national adult continuing education systems following a common structure for each issue. "Portraits" will be normally made available in English language on this page. In addition you will here find information on the availability of print copies and of "Portraits" in other languages.

No 1: Portrait Adult Education Spain
by Jesús Gómez
Full text (PDF-File, 500kb)

No 2: Portrait Adult Education Denmark
by Jørgen Brems
Full text (PDF-File, 763kb)

No 3: Portrait Adult Education Germany
by Ekkehard Nuissl and Klaus Pehl
Bielefeld, 2000
Full text (PDF-File, 484 kb)

"Portrait Adult Education" - Print copies:

Porträt Weiterbildung Spanien. Bielefeld 2001
by Jesús Gómez
Bielefeld 2001

Porträt Weiterbildung Rumänien
by Simona Sava and Mariana Matache (eds)
Bielefeld, 2003

Portrait Adult Education Germany
by Ekkehard Nuissl and Klaus Pehl
updated edition, Bielefeld, 2004

Poträt Weiterbildung Europäische Union
by Mark Bechtel, Susanne Lattke and Ekkehard Nuissl, Bielefeld, 2005

All print publications can be ordered from W. Bertelsmann Verlag: www.wbv.de

OECD Thematic Review on Adult Learning - Switzerland
Sept. 2001
Full text (Word File, 611 KB)

    

Project Reports                          

Lifelong Learning and European Reality. Learning  Motivation of Lower Qualified Workers. Qualitative study in eight European countries
Jyri Manninen & Barbara Birke (Eds.)
Full text (pdf-file 991 kb).

Documents of the Grundtvig 4 Project "Supporting the
     development of new learning pathways for adults"
Papers on:
- New trends in professional formation and updating in
  occupations associated with adult learning
- Innovative approaches to widening participation and to promotion,
  marketing and outreach in adult learning
- New Trends in raising demand for learning among
  adults at risk of exclusion
are available at the Project Website

 

Selected Papers

Research Memorandum on Adult Education
Commissioned by the Section for Adult Education at the German Society for Education Science.
By Rolf Arnold, Peter Faulstich, Wilhelm Mader, Ekkehard Nuissl von Rein und Erhard Schlutz. Frankfurt am Main, 2000.
Full text in English (Pdf-File, 126 kb)

Experiments with Individual Learning Accounts
A report on the Dutch experience by Cees Doets and Anneke Westerhuis, January 2002
Full text in English (Pdf-File, 510kb)
Hard copies can be ordered from our Dutch affiliate CINOP: cdoets@cinop.nl

Adult education outside schools in Portugal
by Paula Guimarães
Full text in English (Pdf-File, 161kb)