Global and European adult education policies in times of crisis : between shifts in normativity and epistemological continuity

Mikulec, Borut (avtor)

We examine possible shifts in epistemic and normative ideas between the 2011 European Agenda for Adult Learning of the European Union (EU) and the 2009 Belém Framework for Action of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), adopted in the period marked by the global financial crisis, and the 2021 European Agenda for Adult Learning of the EU and the 2022 Marrakech Framework for Action of UNESCO, adopted in the period marked by the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. We build on the epistemological framework developed by Bagnall and Hodge (2018, 2022) and method of document analysis. Our findings indicate shifts in desirable ends adult education should fulfil in society between the analysed European (EU) and global (UNESCO) adult education policies, and unchanged epistemologies over the decade, as in European policy ‘design’ or ‘instrumental’ epistemology remain dominant, while in global policy ‘design’, ‘developmental’ and ‘emancipatory’ epistemologies still coexist and compete. We conclude by pointing out the relevance of the epistemological framework developed by Bagnall and Hodge for adult education policy scholars.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: epistemologies, adult education, adult learning, normativity, European agenda for adult learning, Marrakech framework for action
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FF - Filozofska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2026
• Št. strani: Str. 8–23
• Številčenje: Vol. 45, no. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-178220
• UDK: 374.7
• ISSN pri članku: 0260-1370
• DOI: 10.1080/02601370.2025.2486812
• COBISS.SI-ID: 238164995
• Datum objave v RUL: 21.01.2026

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: International journal of lifelong education
• Skrajšan naslov: Int. j. lifelong educ.
• Založnik: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN: 0260-1370
• COBISS.SI-ID: 28958209

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: izobraževanje odraslih, epistemologije, učenje odraslih, normativnost, evropska agenda za učenje odraslih, Marakeški okvir za ukrepanje

Projekti

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0174
• Naslov: Pedagoško-andragoške raziskave - učenje in izobraževanje za kakovostno življenje v skupnosti