20.500.12556/RUL-185738 Rethinking the impact of Erasmus+ on adult education lessons from Slovenia This discussion paper presents the research process and selected findings from two impact studies on Erasmus+ in the adult education (AE) sector in Slovenia. It explores the relevance of Erasmus+ for the AE sector in the European Union (EU) and Slovenia, as well as the type of research and knowledge contributed by the Research-based Impact Analysis in Adult Education (RIA-AE) network. The paper also critically re-examines findings on two central topics identified in the impact studies: the improvement of AE quality through staff professionalisation, and the empowerment of adult learners through new Erasmus+ learning opportunities. It argues that the “openness” of Erasmus+ in the AE sector tends to hinder professionalisation, and that the empowerment of adult learners through Erasmus+ is viewed simplistically as a unidimensional process. Erasmus+ adult education adult learning empowerment professionalisation izobraževanje odraslih Erasmus+ učenje odraslih opolnomočenje profesionalizacija true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Slovenija; Članek v reviji 2026-08-19 14:01:29 2026-08-19 14:01:34 2026-08-20 04:19:42 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Str. 67-74 No. 19 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2026-01-01 374.7 2533-1442 288220163 Mikulec_2026_Rethinking_the_impact_of_Erasmus+_on_Adult_Education-_lessons_from_Slovenia.pdf Mikulec_2026_Rethinking_the_impact_of_Erasmus+_on_Adult_Education-_lessons_from_Slovenia.pdf 1 64A503204CAE24D91F5C388C7B7EB34D 0465c6ff1d16f73b5f1847d913dde5809329bdd0e6ad171530043ad501136bfd cee0eb2b-9bc6-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=244591 https://www.indire.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/EPALE_JOURNAL_N_19_1_2026.pdf#page=67 1 733b7b21-9bc5-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=244589 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0