A report describing the learning opportunities and good practices on sustainable development in Adult Education
According to recent reports, it seems that the Education for Sustainable Development in the field of Adult Education is structurally underfunded and often becomes overshadowed by the VET field that is more focused on professional development. There is also a lack of opportunities that foster environmental awareness in adult education, especially among low-skilled adults (NEETs). The aim of the current descriptive mapping report that the Erasmus+ project WE: World Education produced, is to fill this gap in green adult education by investigating available learning opportunities and good practices and also mapping the needs of adult educators and NEETs. To achieve this goal, desk and field research has been conducted in six European countries including both adult learners and educators. The desk research results revealed that there are existing learning opportunities, either provided by governments or private bodies. Also, there are available good practices that can act as a sample and direct the structure of the educational programme. It is important though to produce more learning opportunities in the AE sector, equip the Adult Educators with green teaching capacities, as the non-formal education approach of AE is equally as important as the VET field, especially when talking about environmental awareness, active citizenship and the development of green skills for sustainable life choices.
Here you can find more about the report and the World Education project.