Professionalisation of adult education in Slovenia from a multi-level perspective

Mikulec, Borut (author), Kovšca, Mateja (author)

The adult education (AE) research community emphasise the importance of well-qualified personnel working in the field of AE. However, the field is facing with challenges achieving this aim. This chapter research professionalisation of AE from a multi-level perspective in one European Union member state – Slovenia. Based on empirical data from Slovenia, the chapter argues that coordination at three levels is important: at the national level, professionalisation is strengthened by state policies and regulations; at the organisational level, the professional development of adult educators is supported by organisations; and at the individual level, the focus is on professional knowledge and strengthening the professional identity of adult educators.

• Language: English
• Keywords: adult education, adult educators, professionalisation of adult education
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.16 - Independent Scientific Component Part or a Chapter in a Monograph
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. [175]-193
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-148343
• UDC: 374.7
• COBISS.SI-ID: 161408259
• Publication date in RUL: 17.08.2023

Record is a part of a monograph

• Title: Re-thinking adult education research. Beyond the Pandemic
• Editors: Vanna Boffo, Regina Egetenmeyer
• Place of publishing: Firenze
• Publisher: Firenze University Press
• Year: 2023
• ISBN: 979-12-215-0150-6
• COBISS.SI-ID: 161407747
• Collection title: Studies on adult learning and education
• Collection numbering: 16
• Collection ISSN: 2704-596X

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: andragogika, izobraževanje odraslih, izobraževalci odraslih, profesionalizacija izobraževanja odraslih