Browsing by Author "Walters, Shirley"
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Re-imagining a picture: Higher education in lifelong learning
Walters, Shirley; Volbrecht, Terry (IIZ/DVV, Hamburg, Germany, 2000)In using “lifelong learning” as the frame to observe higher education institutions, our gaze focuses both internally and externally. Internally we see a concern to ensure high quality, and flexible teaching and learning ... -
Realising a lifelong learning higher education institution
Walters, Shirley (Routledge, 2005)Activists and scholars committed to lifelong learning for social justice and democratic citizenship have devised a framework for transforming higher education in the new South Africa. The author draws on this work, developed ... -
Reflecting on the global report on adult learning and education in the “post-truth society”
Walters, Shirley; Watters, Kathy (Sage, 2017)This article contextualizes and reviews the third global report on adult learning and education (ALE) released by UNESCO in 2016. The authors suggest that it is a visionary document, which is articulated through the ... -
Reflecting on the global report on adult learning and education in the “post-truth society”
Walters, Shirley; Watters, Kathy (SAGE, 2017)This article contextualizes and reviews the third global report on adult learning and education (ALE) released by UNESCO in 2016. The authors suggest that it is a visionary document, which is articulated through the ... -
Social movements, class, and adult education
Walters, Shirley (Wiley, 2005)Social movements are movements of people in civil society who cohere around issues and identities that they themselves define as significant (Martin, 1999). The following quotation describes a group of poor women in South ... -
Taking risks: Exploring ecofeminist, climate-just popular education
von Kotze, Astrid; Walters, Shirley (Linköpings University Electronic Press, 2023)The climate catastrophe is a clarion call to humanity to change how we live. How do radical popular educators respond to this call? We ‘join the dots’ using climate justice, ecofeminism and our own insights from our engaged ... -
University of the Western Cape Lifelong Learning by 2001 'Giving content to commitment'
Walters, Shirley (University of the Western Cape, 1997)The report draws on findings from an investigation into the feasibility of a university-wide Programme of Lifelong Learning at UWC. The survey was completed by three Task Groups of the Rector to investigate Distance ... -
Working the ‘in-between-spaces’ for transformation within the academy
Walters, Shirley (South African Journal of Education, 2018)This paper considers the importance of ‘in-between spaces’ within the academy for challenging dominant institutional culture and hegemonic power relations towards a ‘de-colonised’ university. It questions ‘mainstreaming’ ...