We are happy to announce the 6th International Winter School on Comparative Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning.

It will take place from 4.-15. February 2019 at University of Würzburg in Germany.

The Winter School is divided into a two-week programme. During the first week, master’s and doctoral students from the partner universities will take part in the programme. The Winter School is part of a blended-learning activity with a preparatory Editand a subsequent online phase. During the first week, there will be two separate study pathways: one for master’s students and one for doctoral students.

First weeks’ pathway for MA students

MA students focus on questions of international policies in adult education and lifelong learning. They will be educated to work with a policy analysis perspective. The analysis will focus on specialised competences for developing new knowledge and innovation by integrating different perspectives.

First weeks’ pathway for PhD students

PhD students will focus on theories in adult education and lifelong learning. They will develop a theoretical-analytical perspective. PhD students will focus on much more specialised theoretical knowledge to be able to synthesize different perspectives systematically and theoretically. With both perspectives, participants will gain insights into the field of practice in adult education (field visits at adult education centres in and around Würzburg, presentations by associa-tions/international organisations in adult education). The insights will serve as case studies for practicing the analyti-cal models.

Second week

During the second week, MA students, PhD students and practitioners will work together in comparative groups on se-lected topics in adult education and lifelong learning. The groups will come with a policy-perspective (MA students), a theory-perspective (PhD students) and a practice-perspective (practitioners) in small groups of 6-10 participants. The first day starts with perspectives on employability in adult education and lifelong learning. This will place the university-practice perspective at the centre of the second week. For the comparative analysis, all learners will provide a transna-tional essay, which will serve as the basis for the international comparison. Practitioners will contribute a good practice example from their working field. For the comparison, a a didactical methodology will be used for learning in hetero-genous groups. On the last Winter School day, the results of the comparisons will be presented to all other groups. The subsequent online phase includes the publication of the comparative results.

The application deadline is 15th October 2018

The online registration is available over this link: https://www.paedagogik.uni-wuerzburg.de/lifelonglearning/application/

We will apply again for a financing programme at DAAD, which allows us to invite your students already now to apply for travel subsidies.

Best regards,