On 2 and 3 November 2023, the Faculty of Education Boardroom will be the venue for the First International Seminar on Global Adult Education.
The seminar focuses on the theme: Adult Education: Present Provision and Future Possibilities.
This is the first of a series of international seminars, held annually under the auspices of the UNESCO Chair in Global Adult Education, Department of Arts, Open Communities and Adult Education, Faculty of Education.
It is part of the work package pledged to UNESCO for obtaining this Chair. Places are on first come first served basis in Faculty Boardroom with seats around table exclusively reserved for invited participants.
Papers presented at this annual seminar are, on revision, to be published in the adult education flagship online journal, Convergence: An International Adult Education Journal, the revival of which is a project that was also part of the work package for the University' UNESCO Chair.
The 2024 seminar is scheduled for April-May 2024 and will focus on the 51 years of the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE).
The Programme for the Seminar is as per the below:
2nd November
- 10:00 welcome and address by Dean, Faculty of Education, Prof. Colin Calleja
- 10:20 Address by Prof. Peter Mayo, seminar convenor and UNESCO Chair, on the UNESCO Chair in Global Adult Education: The annual seminar and the Chair work package
- 10:40 coffee break
- 11:00 Prof. Elizabeth Lange, Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS, Sydney, Australia; Athabasca University, Canada, presents The transformative power of relationality. Old Stories, New Stories and Adult Education Futures
- 11:40 Discussion
- 12:00 Lunch
- 14:00 Resumption - Dr Agnes A. Andollo, University of Nairobi, Kenya, presents Acquisition of skills to navigate digital technologies for sustainable development among informal adult learners in rural communities in Kenya
- 14:40 discussion
- 15:00 Ms Rose Kando, Dar al Kalima University, Betlehem, Palestinian Authority (Zoom connection because of current travel impediment), presents Strengthening the Marginalized Communities in Palestine through Civic Education Approaches
- 15:40 online interactive exchange (Discussion)
- 16:00 General discussion and synopsis, plus points for future directions in ALE.
- 17:00 End of first day
- 19:30 Dinner for all presenters at Urban Valley Hotel.
3rd November
- 10:00 start of second day with Prof. Marcella Milana, University of Verona, Italy. Editor, International Journal of Lifelong Education, who will present Global Challenges for Adult Learnings
- 10:40 Discussion
- 11:00 coffee break
- 11:20 Prof. Angel Marzo Guarino, University of Barcelona, Spain (with a translation by Prof. David Abril, University of Ballearic Islands. Palma de Mallorca, Spain) presents Trajectories, retos y Esperanzas de la educacion a lo largo de La vida en el contexto global (Trajectories, networks and hope for lifelong education in a global context)
- 12:00 discussion
- 12:15 break for lunch
- 14:00 Final session. Brainstorming. Option for future work and collaboration. Direction to publish written versions of the presentation in Convergence. An International Adult Education Journal.
- 15:00 end of First Malta Global Adult Educaci贸n a lo largo de la vida
- 15:30 -19:00 Walking tour of Valletta Minivan leaves campus at 15:30.
- 19:30 dinner at Urban Valley Hotel for all presenters and accompanying partners.
