Older Men Learning in the Community: European Snapshots

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This set of excellently edited and carefully researched case studies by highly regarded researchers from Estonia, Malta, Portugal, and Slovenia, which they have modestly called ‘snapshots,’ is, in fact, a very important advance. Having access to literature on the subject and older men’s cultural insights in at least five main languages (Slovenian, Portuguese, Estonian, and Maltese/English) expands our collective, recent ‘snapshots’ of men’s learning to a very diverse and fascinating three dimensional, coloured picture. Professor Barry Golding, Faculty of Education and Arts, Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Australia

ISBN 978-961-237-642-0

ISBN 978-961-237-642-0

9 789612 376420

Marko Radovan, Sabina Jelenc Krašovec (Eds.): Older Men Learning in the Community: European Snapshots

Older Men Learning in the Community: European Snapshots focuses on the informal learning of older men - that is, men aged 60 or older – engaged in informal learning pursuits in their local communities. Its goal is to improve the state of knowledge about learning programmes at a community level that either targeted older men in an exclusive manner or that were popular with older men. The chapters in this publication provide an opportunity to academics from partnership bodies, as well as students enrolled in diverse graduate programmes ranging from adult education to dementia studies, to conduct comparative research on older men’s learning, and contribute a space to organise workshops structured according to the key foundations of this emergent field of study.

Older Men Learning in the Community: European Snapshots Marko Radovan, Sabina Jelenc Krašovec (Eds.)

Sabina Jelenc Krašovec has a Ph.D. in pedagogy and is associate professor of adult education at the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Arts. Her professional fields encompass vulnerable groups in adult education, the sociology of adult education, and educational counselling and guidance. Her latest research focuses on older adults’ learning and education in the community. She is a member of various editorial committees for adult education journals and at present she is the Head of the Department of Educational Sciences and head of the research group at the same department. Marko Radovan has a Ph.D. in psychology and is assistant professor in the didactics of adult education at the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Arts. Marko is co-editor of Andragogic Perspectives, the Slovenian journal for adult education. His research concentrates on adult participation in education and adults’ motivation to learn. Currently, he is involved in an international project, PIAAC (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies).


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