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Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:1053] Upcoming conference
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Good morning! I was just surfing around the net looking for upcoming conferences and calls to present, etc, when I found the information below. I thought some of you might be interested. I know I am although I have neither time nor money to attend this one. Anyway, it looks very relevant to many of the discussions we have on this list. Just FYI...
SCUTREA 2004 http://www.scutrea.ac.uk/events.html
Whose story now? (Re)generating research in adult learning and teaching
University of Sheffield, UK, 6-8 July 2004. Purpose and theme of the conference
The purpose of the 2004 conference is to provide a space in which to share perspectives on research into the theories, practices and policies that continually redefine the field of adult learning and teaching and those who inhabit it.
Recent SCUTREA conferences have considered ways in which traditional views about ‘adult education’ have been challenged both by new discourses and an opening out to different practices and practitioners as the concept of ‘lifelong learning’ has taken shape.
It is no accident that the title of the 2004 conference contains a question mark. We have used the notion of (Re)generating research to highlight several sets of questions which you are invited to consider in presenting and discussing papers. First, who generates and defines research into adult learning and teaching; why; for whom; and for what purposes? Second, to what extent has research helped to generate new understandings and changed policies and practices in the field? Third, are understandings of the traditions and discourses of adult education research itself now in need of regeneration both to keep pace with a changing world and perhaps to contribute to change within it? Finally, what do the answers to such questions tell us about the ‘stories’ that have been, and might be, told about adult learning and teaching and the roles we may each choose to play as adult learners, teachers and/or researchers?
Associated questions which papers might address include: What are the particular research stories that are currently engaging you and/or your institution/organisation about adult learners, those who teach them, and the nature and significance of the field of adult learning and teaching? (How) do such stories change in response to personal reflections; to different sites of learning (e.g. higher, further, adult or community education, workplace or professional settings) and the differing needs/demands of individuals, groups and communities; to external influences (like governments, funding and regulatory bodies, or institutional priorities); to wider socio-political contexts such as globalisation and nationalism; or to new understandings emerging from other fields, disciplines and professions?
Indeed, what are the research stories that help to constitute (or not) adult learning and teaching as a ‘field’? Should it more properly be regarded as an ‘interdisciplinary arena’, or is it simply a by-product of something else? And what are the commonalities and differences in theories, practices and policies that have underpinned the processes of adult learning and teaching over time and in different contexts and cultures?
We look forward to exploring these and similar questions with you at the University of Sheffield in July 2004, in a city that is itself very familiar with the concept of regeneration.
SCUTREA conferences are renowned for their informal and friendly nature. First-time participants, including post-graduate students and practitioners involved in researching their own practice as educators of adults, are always welcome.
Melissa Monti
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