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Later life learning - fit for purpose?
International Conference: Association for Education and Ageing
In association with: Institute for Employment Studies at University of Sussex; NIACE; ‘Celebrating Age’ – Brighton Festival and Conference
| Date: | Tuesday 25 July and Wednesday 26 July 2006 |
| Venue: | The Brighton Centre, Kings Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 2GR |
| Ref: | C1357/07/06 |
[Background & Aims] [Audience] [Fees] [Programme]
Background & Aims
The aims of the conference are to explore whose purposes older adult learning currently serves, and to enable everyone involved in it to communicate better for the benefit of older learners. In order to do this we will bring together academics, practitioners and older people in a meaningful and mutually beneficial way so that they can:
 | Hear about research and other forms of evidence about the benefits of learning in later life; |
| Interact with the material presented and together build on ‘the case’ for later life learning and how it could be presented; |
| Hear the voice of older people concerning their experience of learning, as a reality check on theory and practice and consider the impact of policy and practice on learners. |
A call for papers is open until Friday 28 April 2006
Plenary sessions and papers will address the following range of issues:
| Overcoming age discrimination in learning and training; |
| Hearing older learners’ voices and testimonies; |
| Wider benefits of learning in later life; |
| Designing and / or delivering relevant curricula for later life learners; |
| Showing evidence – researching links between education and ageing; |
| Learning for life choice and / or transitions; |
| Where and how learning in later life takes place; |
| Identifying elements of a common curriculum for training about ageing; |
| Working or retiring – or both, as a later lifestyle choice; |
| Delivering educational information, advice and guidance for older people. |
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Audience
Target audiences: educational researchers, social gerontologists, education providers, policy makers and funders; older learners, older people’s organisations; service providers for older people in health, housing, leisure, welfare and social care sectors.
The official Conference language will be English.
This event will be particularly useful as a training activity for teachers and lecturers engaged in providing educational opportunities as it looks at good practice in reaching and teaching older learners. European Union residents may therefore qualify for Grundtvig 3 funding to attend an event outside their own country and should apply to their National Agency for a grant from the Socrates Grundtvig 3 programme.
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Fees
| 2 days non-residential | day one (25 July) | day two (26 July) | |
| Full fee 1st delegate |
£210 | £105 | £105 |
| NIACE & AEA Members; 2nd delegates |
£170 | £85 | £85 |
| Retired & Unwaged Limited places available |
£100 | £50 | £50 |
| Three Course Conference dinner on Tuesday 25 July (Optional) : £22 | |||
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Programme
| OPTIONAL for early
arrivals Monday 24 July: Arrive, book into accommodation |
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| Conference start | |||||||
| Tuesday 25 July: Theme of Day 1: Securing the evidence | |||||||
| 09:15 | Registration | ||||||
| 09:45 | Welcome and Introductions to the day | ||||||
| 10:00 | Keynote addresses and plenary
discussion The wider benefits of learning in later life An update on research by Dr Sally Dench and Becci Newton, Institute for Employment Studies, Brighton, England |
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| 11:05 | Break | ||||||
| 11:25 | Paper / Workshop session 1 (There will be 2 half-hour paper slots, and one workshop running in parallel) |
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| 12:30 | Lunch (participants may
visit the café, the performance stage, the exhibition or speak with roving reporters and researchers or simply network!) |
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| 14:00 | Paper / Workshop session 2 (as above) | ||||||
| 15:10 | Tea/Coffee Break | ||||||
| 15:25 | Keynote address and plenary
discussion The role of education in securing and enhancing the participation of older people in European civil society Professor Mariano Sanchez Martinez, Universidad de Granada, Spain |
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| 16:15 | Feedback from papers / workshops and questions to take forward to Day 2 and summing up | ||||||
| 16:45 | Close | ||||||
| 17:00-18:00 | AEA annual general meeting for
AEA members. Free time for delegates |
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| 19:30 | AEA 21st anniversary
celebration Reception and supper at Donatello’s, with guest speaker, Professor David James |
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| Wednesday 26 July: Theme of Day 2: Making it happen | |||||||
| 09:15 | Registration for day delegates | ||||||
| 09:30 | Welcome, introductions and recap | ||||||
| 09:45 | Keynote address and plenary
discussion Learning and ageing: between social exclusion and self-fulfilment Dr. Franz Kolland, Ludwig Boltzmann Institut fur Altersforschung, Vienna, Austria |
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| 10:45 | Break | ||||||
| 11:00 | Paper/Workshop session 3 is
likely to include:
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| 12:00 | Lunch | ||||||
| 13:30 | Keynote Address (to be advised) | ||||||
| 14:30 | Hearing voices; presentations from older learners | ||||||
| 15:15 | Tea/Coffee Break | ||||||
| 15:30 | Final plenary, including:
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| 16:30 | Close |
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| AEA evening event: Silver on the screen – older people in cinema; Film reviewers share some observations, show some clips. To be hosted by Dr. Khalid Ali, geriatrician and film buff Carol Allen, film critic | |||||||
| Main conference ends | |||||||
| Those staying
Wednesday night can take the opportunity to attend: Optional recommended additional event Thursday 27 July: Morning free to explore Brighton or beyond 14:00-17:00 Join with Better Government for Older People conference, for an open afternoon of debate and presentation on the place and value of lifelong learning in later life, including:
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| Pre-conference
programme for Older Learners Brighton and Hove City Council will be running workshops for older people who want to make presentations or run workshops at the conference. These will be friendly and informal, and will take place in community locations during June and July. For further details, please contact Safia Mohamud on 01273 293520 or Chris Minter on 01273 293518 |
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This programme is correct at the time of going to press. The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the published programme in the event of one or more of the advertised speakers being unable to attend. Delegates will have no claim against NIACE in respect of such changes.
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