The ALADIN Online Alert is a joint ALADIN initiative, produced bimonthly by the UIL Library and CDÉACF, with input from additional ALADIN members from all over the world. Its goal is to share recent online and full-text information and documents in the area of adult and lifelong learning.

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CONTENTS

• Adult Learning
• Adult Literacy
• Lifelong Learning
• Technical and Vocational Education and Training

Adult Learning

International

3rd Global Report on Adult Learning and Education: The Impact of Adult Learning and Education on Health and Well-being; Employment and the Labour Market; and Social, Civic and Community Life
Source: UIL, 2016

Digital Adult Education: A Key to Global Development? / Anja Thöne (Editor)
Source: DVV International, International Perspectives in Adult Education - IPE 73, 2016

Équité et éthique: enjeux sociaux de la formation d'adultes à l'heure du numérique / Jérôme Eneau, Stéphane Simonian
Source: HAL, 04/25/2016
 

Evaluation of UNESCO's regional conventions on the recognition of qualifications in higher education
Source: UNESCO, 09/2016
Lang: ENG, FRE

Modelling adult skills in OECD countries / Rosario Ivano Scandurra, Jorge Calero
Source: IEB Working Paper 2016/2017, 07/2016
 

Asia and the Pacific

Resilience: Stories of Adult Learning
Source: RaPAL, 08/2016

Adult Learners in Conversation – “A Fuller Sense of Self” / Michael Chalk
Source: Electro-textual, 08/2016

Quest
Source: Adult Learning Australia, Issue 3, 2016

Europe and North America

Adult Education: A Crucial Foundation for Middle-Skill Jobs
Source: National Skills Coalition, 08/22/2016

Adult Education: Too important to be left to chance / Dr Deirdre Hughes, Karen Adriaans, Dr Sally-Anne Barnes
Source: Warwick Institute for Employment Research (IER), 08/23/2016

Encouragement de la formation continue dans le canton de Berne de 2007 à 2013: rapport d’ évaluation / Karin Weber
Source: Direction de l’instruction publique du canton de Berne, 09/2016

Ideas to Action: Creating a Comprehensive Adult Education Professional Development & Learning System / Mary Ann Corley
Source: NCAL, 08/23/2016

Making Work-Based Learning Work / Charlotte Cahill
Source: Jobs for the Future, 08/24/2016

Networked Social Enterprises: A New Model of Community Schooling for Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Facing Challenging Times / Kirstin Kerr and Alan Dyson
Source: Education Sciences, 08/24/2016

Older Adolescent and Young Adult English Learners: A Study of Demographics, Policies, and Programs / Erin Velez, Suyapa Silvia, Michelle Tolbert
Source: Department of Education, USA, 08/28/2016

The Blue Book: Legislators Resource Book: Adult Education Services: The Success, the Impact and the Need
Source: NCSDAE, July 2016
 

Adult Literacy

International

50th Anniversary of International Literacy Day: Literacy rates are on the rise but millions remain illiterate
Source: UIS Fact Sheet, No. 38, September 2016
Lang: ENG, FRE, SPA

Assessment of adult numeracy skills
Source: University of Haifa, Background paper prepared for the 2016 Global Education Monitoring Report, 07/2016

Education, skills, and decent work in low and middle income countries / Garry Chua Ken
Source: Background paper prepared for the 2016 Global Education Monitoring Report, 07/2016

Literacy in multilingual and multicultural contexts: effective approaches to adult learning and education
Source: UIL, 07/2016

Promoting Health and Literacy for Women’s Empowerment / Anna Robinson-Pant
Source: UIL, 2016

What is the relationship between education, literacy and self-reported health?
Source: OECD, 06/2016
Lang: ENG, FRE

Africa

Measuring and profiling financial literacy in South Africa / Elizabeth Lwanga Nanziri, Murray Leibbrandt
Source: Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 06/2016
 

Asia and the Pacific

Achieving literacy for all: NFE-MIS report 2014-15
Source: Government of Nepal, UNESCO Kathmandu Office, November 2015
 

Using art to engage adults with low levels of English in reading: An action research project / Autora Murphy
Source: University of Sydney Papers in TESOL, 11, 131-150, 06/2016

Europe and North America

Policy Problems: The (mis)use of an international literacy test in Ontario's literacy system / Christine Pinsent-Johnson
Source: Christine Pinsent-Johnson, 06/16/2016
 

U.S. Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2012/2014: Main Study and National Supplement Technical Report / Jacquie Hogan, Nina Thornton, Lillian Diaz-Hoffmann et al.
Source: NCES, 06/17/2016

Lifelong Learning

International

Agenda 2030 - Education and Lifelong Learning in the Sustainable Development Goals / Heribert Hinzen / Sylvia Schmitt (Editors)
Source: DVV International, International Perspectives in Adult Education - IPE 75, 10/06/2016

Conceptions and realities of lifelong learning
Source: UIL, Background paper prepared for the 2016 Global Education Monitoring Report, 09/2016

Education 2030: Incheon Declaration and Framework for Action for the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Source: UNESCO, 2016
Lang: ENG, FRE, SPA, RUS, ARA, CHI
 

Education at a Glance 2016: OECD Indicators
Source: OECD, 09/2016
Lang: ENG, FRE, GER

E-Report: 13th PASCAL International Conference - Learning Cities 2040, University of Glasgow
Source: PIE, 09/2016

Learning knowledge and skills for agriculture to improve rural livelihoods / Anna Robinson-Pant
Source: UNESCO and IFAD, 2016

Asia and the Pacific

A National equivalency programme framework for promoting lifelong learning in Nepal
Source: Nepal Government and UNESCO Kathmandu Office, 2015
 

Europe and North America

How Libraries Save Lives / Maria Popova
Source: Brain Pickings, 06/23/2016

Improving career prospects for the low-educated: The Role of Guidance and Lifelong Learning
Source: Cedefop, 09/2016

 

Learning in global cities
Source: London Review of Education, no 2, 09/2016

Public Libraries: A Vital Space for Family Engagement / Elena Lopez, Margaret Caspe, Lorette McWilliams
Source: Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project, 2016

Latin America and the Caribbean

Memoria Social / Luz Maceira Ochoa (Editoria Invitada)
Source: CREFAL, Decisio, No. 43 - 44 (Enero - Agosto 2016)
Lang: SPA

Technical and Vocational Education
and Training

International

Action plan for the implementationn of the Strategy for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) (2016-2021)
Source: UNESCO, 08/08/2016
Lang: ENG, FRE, SPA, RUS, ARA, CHI

Determinants of Transfer of Training: A Comprehensive Literature Review / Cornelia Tonhäuser, Laura Büker
Source: International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET), vol. 3, no 2, 09/09/2016

Examining Barriers to Internationalisation created by diverse Systems and Structures in Vocational Education and Training / Angela Joy Shaw, Kieron John Shaw, Suzanne Blake
Source: International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET), vol. 3, no 2, 09/15/2016
 

Measuring the return on investment in TVET: Report of the UNESCO-UNEVOC Virtual Conferece, 9 to 16 May 2016
Source: UNESCO-UNEVOC, 09/15/2016

Strategy for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), (2016-2021)
Source: UNESCO, 09/17/2016
Lang: ENG, FRE, SPA, RUS, ARA, CHI

Africa

TVET, Higher Education and Innovation: Policy Review: Namibia
Source: UNESCO, 09/20/2016

Asia and the Pacific

Vocational Education and Training: A Pathway to the Straight and Narrow / Nikhil Jha, Cain Polidano
Source: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, July 2016

Europe and North America

Application of learning outcomes approaches across Europe: a comparative study
Source: Cedefop, 09/23/2016

Making Skills Work Index
Source: Skills Panorama, 09/07/2016

Methodologies for Teaching English to Adult Students in Spanish Vocational Education Programs / Sergio Castañeda
Source: Journal of Professional, Continuing, and Online Education, vol. 2, no 1, 09/15/2016

Skillset and Match: Cedefop´s Magazine Promoting Learning for Work
Source: Cedefop, Issue 8, September 2016

Smart Skills versus Mindless Megadeals / Thomas Cafcas, Greg LeRoy
Source: Good Jobs First, 09/07/2016

The cost-effectiveness of apprenticeship schemes: Making the case for apprenticeships
Apprenticeship Final Report
Source: UEAPME, BusinessEurope, Ceep, May 2016

Latin America and the Caribbean

Regional Forum on Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Latin America (TVET): Looking towards 2030: strengthening skills development for employment and a better future for all: final report
Source: UNESCO-UNEVOC and UNESCO Oficina de Santiago, 09/09/2016
Lang: ENG, SPA

Social Origin Effects on Educational Mobility and Labor Market Outcomes: A closer look at technical educational enrollment in Mexico / Paola Vela de la Garza Evia
Source: Division of Economics, CIDE, June 2016