10TH

BGL

-ALC

CONFERENCE

2018

OPATIJA

7 - 10 JUNE

OPATIJA, CROATIA

REMISENS HOTEL ADMIRAL OPATIJA

MARŠALA TITA 139, 51410

Education 2030 & Adult Learning:

Global Perspectives and Local

Communities - Bridges or Gaps?

Agendas, praxis and research.

CONFERENCE

PROGRAMME

Thursday, 7 June

Friday, 8 JuneREGISTRATION

20.00 - 22.00 WELCOME COCKTAIL

Food and Drinks Fair Venue: Remisens Hotel Admiral Opatija

PLENARY TALK

Katarina Popović Agenda 2030 - a catalyst or a Procrustean bed for the community adultlearning

DISCUSSION

COFFEE BREAK

8.30 - 9.30

SECTION 1: GLOBALEXPECTATIONS AND LOCALCHALLENGES: CAN THE TWOBE RECONCILED?

SECTION 2: ACHIEVINGACCESSIBILITY, EQUALITY ANDSUSTAINABILITY THROUGHCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

OFFICIAL OPENING AND WELCOME SPEECHES

Andrej Marušić, Principal of the Adult Education Institution Dante  Rob Evans, Ewa Kurantowicz, and Emilio Lucio-Villegas, Convenors of theBetween Global and Local – Adult Learning and Communities Network Antonela Šimunović, Agency for Vocational Education and Training andAdult Education Petar Mamula, Deputy Prefect of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Sanja Barić, Prorector of Education at the University of Rijeka

Adrianna Nizinska, member of ESREA Steering Committee: IntroducingEuropean Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA)

Violeta Orlović Lovren Learning for sustainability through community involvement in protected area governance

DISCUSSION

9.30 - 10.15

 10.15 - 11.00

 11.00 - 11.30

 11.30 - 11.45

 11.45 - 12.05

 12.05 - 12.20 DISCUSSION

Maria Bajner Generation paradigm in the practice of lifelong learning. Are you talking about my adult learning?

Chair:

Julia Preece

Balász Németh

Room 1

Chair:

Renata Seredyń-Abou Eid

Violeta Orlović Lovren

Room 2

Room 1

Room 1

12.55 - 13.15

Cora Lindsay, Renata Seredyń-Abou Eid The need for provision of language support for the migrant and refugee community in the East Midlands region, U.K.

DISCUSSION

13.15 - 13.30

 13.30 - 14.30

 14.30 - 14.50

 14.50 - 15.05

 15.05 - 15.25

 15.25 - 15.40 DISCUSSION

Roberta Pistagni "Porta Mediterraneo", a coaching- oriented approach to build up a Sustainable Local Community and enhance a bottom-up Adult Learning model.

DISCUSSION

 15.40 - 16.00

 16.15 - 16.30

Julia Preece Adult communities in rural South Africa: The challenges of accessing inclusive, equitable and quality education for sustainable living

Cláudio Rodrigues, Ana Rita Seirôco Erasmus+ project Communities communication: a bridge of understanding in European low density urban areas

DISCUSSION DISCUSSION

DISCUSSION

 16.00 - 16.15 DISCUSSION

Jacqueline McFarlaine Fraser Ubuntu paradigm of engaging communities through creative community learning

Georgina Kasza, Zsuzsa Kovács, Attila Károly Molnár Learning and motivation in seminars at the Third Age University

CONFERENCE DINNER

Venue: Remisens Premium Grand Hotel Palace - terrace (Maršala Tita144/148, 51410 Opatija)

 20.00 - 24.00

David Wong, Amira Khattab Integrating Western and Arab leadership development practices: An example of the challenge bridging the global and local adult learning perspectives

DISCUSSION

Nevenka Bogataj Examination of resource use rules in two cases of adult learning from Savinjska region (Slovenia)

DISCUSSION

Balász Németh Bridging the Gaps through Sustainable Learning Communities: Global Learning Cities for Quality Lifelong Learning – A Comparative Approach

 12.40 - 12.55

 12.20 - 12.40

CLOSING OF THE FIRST DAY Room 1

LUNCH BREAK

Remisens Hotel Admiral Opatija Restaurant (ground floor)

 19.00 - 20.00 GUIDED TOUR OF OPATIJA

Leaves from: Remisens Hotel Admiral Opatija

Dana Bernardová, Kateřina Ivanová, Martin Fink, Tetiana Arkhangleska Corporate Social Responsibility – Global Concept & Local Development: A Task for Lifelong Learning

DISCUSSION

Saturday, 9 June

9.45 - 10.15 DISCUSSION

COFFEE BREAK

9.00 - 9.45

Ewa Kurantowicz Nontraditional learners in HE. Can their participation change the local life- world?

DISCUSSION

 10.15 - 10.30

 10.30 - 10.50

 10.50 - 11.05

 11.05 - 11.25

 11.25 - 11.40

 11.40 - 12.00

DISCUSSION

Aleksandra Pejatović, Dubravka Mihajlović, Edisa Kecap Global Characteristics of the World of Work and Young Adult Learning Needs

DISCUSSION DISCUSSION

 12.00 - 12.15

 12.15 - 12.35

PLENARY TALK

António Carlos Pestana Fragoso de Almeida From the Global-Local relations to the challenges and contradictions ofcommunity development

SECTION 3: LEARNING FORSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:

THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITY

SECTION 4: CHARACTERISTICS,

NEEDS AND CHALLENGES OF(NEW) ADULT LEARNERS 

Adrianna Nizinska Universities for sustainable development. Policies, practices, challenges

Jessica Neureuther, Dominik Böhmer Non-employed People as Target Group of Academic Further Education

DISCUSSION DISCUSSION

DISCUSSION DISCUSSION

 12.35 - 12.50

 12.50 - 13.50

Chair:

Emilio Lucio-Villegas

Adrianna Nizinska

Room 1

Chair:

Aleksandra Pejatović

Ewa Kurantowicz

Room 2

Miroslav Dopita, Jana Poláchová Vašt'atková University Teaching and Learning in Educational Sciences: Case of Andragogy

Carla Cardoso, Teresa Medina, Sofia Nunes, Ricardo Soares Associations and associative movement in the 30 years of Educational Sciences in the University of Porto

Emilio Lucio-Villegas, Noelia Melero Aguilar Creating knowledge with communities. An experience about teaching and learning at the university.

Rajka Bračun Sova Art History Programming at Slovenian Third Age University

Room 1

LUNCH BREAK

Remisens Hotel Admiral Opatija Restaurant (ground floor)

13.50 - 14.10

14.10 - 14.25

 14.25 - 14.45

 14.45 - 15.00

 15.00 - 15.20

 16.20 - 16.30

DISCUSSION DISCUSSION

DISCUSSION DISCUSSION

COFFEE BREAK

 9.00 - 17.00

Balasz Benkei-Kovacs Empirical research and follow-up study on the Hungarian vocational Bridge program

CLOSING OF THE CONFERENCE 

 15.20 - 16.20

Sunday, 10 June

KVARNER BAY BOAT TRIP

Leaves from the harbour in front of the Remisens Hotel Admiral Opatija

Jayakumar Chinnasamy Internationalisation in Scottish Higher Education: Educators' Perspectives on Constructing the Internationalised University

Georgina Kasza Inbound Mobility of Adult Students. The Hungarian Perspective

Carla Cardoso, Teresa Medina, Sofia Marques Silva Youth Catholic Groups as communities of learning and social transformation

PANEL DISCUSSION

Adult learning between local cultures and global politics Participants: Katarina Popović, António Fragoso, Julia Preece, Amira Khattab Moderator: Balász Németh

Room 1