Global Problems and Perspectives of Adult Education and Learning

Pre-requisites: Fulfilled obligations defined by University Statute

Course objectives: Introducing students into the problems of globalization and developing skills for critical analysis of the role of education and learning of adults in global world

Course description: Theoretical course: Globalization – characteristics and critical perspective; Compression of space, time and effects of information flow; Modern theories of evolution and social changes; Globalization, regionalization, networks and international cooperation; Global peace and safety as correspondents of modern adult education; Education and learning of adults between neoliberalism and neoconservativism; Key actors and carriers of globalization process – international institutions and organizations; Global education vs. globalization. Practical course: New social movements and their implications on adult education; Global consciousness and sustainable development; Identity, culture, transnationalism, migrations and conflicts – implications for learning and education of adults.

Learning Outcomes: Student will be capable of: - understanding the globalisation phenomenon and critical review of problems, possibilities and limitations of educational influence on global processes - analysing the basic implications which particular global processes have on education and learning of adults.

Literature/Reading:

• Milutinović, J., Globalizacija i obrazovanje. U: V. Previšić, N. N. Šoljan, N. Hrvatić (ur.) Pedagogija: Prema cjeloživotnom obrazovanju i društvu, 2007.
• Poeggeler, F., Proces globalizacije transferiranjem obrazovanja odraslih među kulturama, Učiteljski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zbornik vol.6, br 1(7), 2004.
• Hall, B., Global civil society: Theorizing a changing world,. Convergence 33, 2002.
• Burbules, N., Torres, C.A. (eds.), Globalization and Education: Critical Perspectives, London: Routledge, 2000.
• Stromquist, N., Monkman, K. (eds.), Globalization and Education: Integration and Contestation Across Cultures, Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000.
• Walters, S. (ed.), Globalization, Adult Education & Training: Impacts and Issues, London, Zed Books, 1997.