ICAE Webinar series "The good adult educator"

The International Council for Adult Education (ICAE) inspires dialog, exchange of ideas and critical reflection on highly relevant topics in adult education. This includes a webinar series discussing "The good adult education", following the latest edition of DVV International´s journal Adult Education and Development (AED) with the same topic. This offers the chance to discuss the topics raised in the print issue during webinars and to go deeper and broaden the analysis. It creates a virtual space as an opportunity to share experiences from different regions and contexts, and to inspire new initiatives.

Experiences and good practices from around the globe

The latest issue of Adult Education and Development (AED) is about professionalization in adult education. Currently we have more questions than answers. What makes a good adult educator? How do we train for that? Should we make adult education a compulsory element of initial teacher training? How to deal with the many teachers who are highly skilled but who have never taken qualifications in teaching?

The following authors of this AED issue have agreed to participate in these webinars:

• Uwe Gartenschlaeger, DVV International – "Glocalisation – How the Curriculum globALE was localised in Laos to train adult educators". Commenter: Katarina Popovic, International Council for Adult Education (ICAE).
• Carole Avande Houndjo, Pamoja West Africa, Benin – "The role of continuing education in providing good adult educators". Commenter: Vincent Houessou (Ministry in charge of literacy, Benin).
• Haldis Holst, Deputy General Secretary of Education International – "It is not enough to fund teacher training, or to make the field more attractive".

During the webinars the authors will present their articles written for this years' AED edition, further discuss with the commenter and exchange with the participants.

You can already find the articles here (in English, French and Spanish).
Also you can read and directly comment on the articles on the Virtual Seminar website http://virtualseminar.icae.global.

General Information on the Webinar Series and last issue of the AED Journal

The virtual seminar is done in cooperation with DVV International. From 1973 until 2019, DVV International has been publishing the Adult Education and Development journal. Over the decades, the trilingual journal (English, French, Spanish) has developed into the worldwide leading professional journal on adult education and development with subscribers in over 160 countries. The current and last issue entitled "The good adult educator" was published at the end of 2019.

DVV International and ICAE regrets that the financial support will expire and that the journal will have to be discontinued.

We would like to thank the entire editorial and production team, and all the authors and readership from five continents for their support, commitment and loyalty! All issues since issue 54 are available online free of charge, you will find them under Editions. Printed copies can be ordered (subject to availability) from info@dvv-international.de.

Since 2014 ICAE has offered accompanying online seminars and webinars, the results are also available online.