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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 478 964 CE 085 269 AUTHOR Mojab, Shahrzad, Ed.; McQueen, William, Ed. TITLE Adult Education and the Contested Terrain of PublicPolicy. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (21st,Toronto, Ontario May 30-31 and June 1, 2002).= L'Education des Adultes et le Domaine Controverse des Affaires Publiques. Actes Annuel de L'Association Canadiennepour L'Etude de L'Education des Adultes (21eme, Toronto, Ontario, 30-31Mai et 1 Juin, 2002). PUB DATE 2002-06-00 NOTE 445p.; Two papers are in French. AVAILABLE FROM CASAE/ACEEA Secretariat, Universite Concordia, 1455de Maisonneuve Ouest, LB-579, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8,Canada ($30 Canadian). E-mail: [email protected] full text: http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/CASAE/cnf2002/cnf2002.html. PUB TYPE Collected Works Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PC18 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Access to Education; *Adult Education; *Adult Learning;Adult Literacy; Career Development; Education Work Relationship; *Educational Needs; *Educational Objectives; *Educational Policy; *Educational Practices; EducationalResearch; Educational Technology; Experiential Learning; Family School Relationship; Foreign Countries; Lifelong Learning;Literacy Education; Participatory Research; PostsecondaryEducation; Vocational Education IDENTIFIERS Australia; Bangladesh; *Canada; Japan; Malaysia; United States ABSTRACT This document contains the texts of 57papers, 10 roundtables, and 7 symposia from a Canadian conferenceon adult education and public policy. The following are among the papers included: "Childhood, Schooling Family and Community" (Margarida Aguiar); "Voices Inside"(Irene C. Baird); "Beyond Personal Agency" (Rose Barg); "Participatory Research, Education and Rural Farmers" (Bijoy P. Barua); "La Valorisationet la Reconnaissance des Apprentissages Professionels Informels du Point duVue de l'Autoformation" (Olivier Bataille); "Why Distance Education?"(Patricia Beatty-Guenter); "The Body's Tale" (Valerie-Lee Chapman); "AdultEducation and the Production of Knowledge for Politics" (Janet Conway); "Lifelong Learning or Re-Training for Life" (Jane Cruikshank); "Policy,Accountability, and Practice in Adult Literacy Work" (Richard Darville); "Vocationin Adult Education" (Jane Dawson); "Computer-Mediated Instruction" (JohnM. Dirkx, Edward W. Taylor); "If You Knew Now What We Didn't Know Then"(Catherine C. Dunlop); "Career Development and Advancement Patterns of Aboriginal Executives in the Canada Federal Public Service" (Rocky J.Dwyer); "Changing Policy from the Inside-out" (Karen Edge, Marilyn Laiken);"Examining Practice, Understanding Experience" (John Egan); "GypsyScholars" (Tara Fenwick); "The Limits of 'Informal Learning'" (RachelGorman); "Lifelong Learning" (Andre P. Grace); "The Experiences and Practiceof Adult Educators in Addressing Spirituality within the Workplace" (JanetGroen); "Global, Reproductions supplied by EDRSare the best that can be made from the original document. Local and Individual Learning Environments" (Charmaine Ing); "Informing Policy:(Cheryl Jeffs); "Women's Ways of Protesting" (Dorothy A.Lander); "Learning in a Trade Union" (Susanne Kopsen, Staffan Larsson); "Exploring Teaching Roles and Responsibilities in Adult Literacy Education" (Karen M. Magro); "Learning and the Law" (Susan E. McDonald); "The Role of theOutsider in Creating Education Policy" (Katherine McManus); "Constructing Resistance" (Kiran Mirchandani, Bonnie Slade); "Policy and LearningProgram for the Malaysian Elderly" (Mazanah Muhamad, Mazalan Kamis); "Teaching Choice" (Michael Newman); "Creating Access" (Ruth Price); "Respondingto '911" (Timothy Pyrch); "The Original Raging Grannies" (Carole Roy);"An Alternative Consciousness" (Stephanie Rutherford); "Learning inthe Union Local" (Peter H. Sawchuk); "The Relationship between Espoused andEnacted Beliefs about Teaching Adults" (Edward W. Taylor, John M. Dirkx);and "Understanding the Zone of Proximal Development in Adult Literacy Learning" (Maurice Taylor, Judy King, Christine Pinsent-Johnson).Many papers include substantial bibliographies. (MN) Reproductions supplied by EDRSare the best that can be made from the original document Canadian Association for tke Study of Adult Education (CASAE) L'Associationpocm- l'Etude de-lrEclucfla Aclultes (ACE:..e.A) 211,7tutConferrlice-,-/Victy-30 31---& 31Avte 2-17C6vtglAes Av-TAcil,f-3-0.7.----3-1 &TI 3utin tbUCATIOSES Any ES E DCIMAIN RSE F\17FAIRES---PUB 1Q-UgS Dth4 UO THE C ESTED TE RAIN 3F-P OLICi i791,.,s e!cic e. S. --dk-ecicl<P1' ojetan&11QPn,/V1c , 1 .-.-..,--- Pabligkeel / Pt4t546.pco-AS ----;//Cove clesivA /2- by / pss-in/ el covve vvfe-een U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BESTCOPYAVAILABLE PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND Office of Educational Research and Improvement DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION BEEN GRANTED BY CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Mx) Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Points of view or opinions stated in this INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. 2 1 Institute-OP Sit,tdies In C-citAcc-ItiordlArdversity of Tororlio, Tok'onto, OvItcwio CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF ADULT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE POUR L'ETUDE DE L'EDUCATION DES ADULTES Board of Directors/Conseil d'administration 2001-2002 Executive/Executif President Leona English [email protected] Vice-President Tara Fenwick [email protected] Past President Paul Bouchard [email protected] Newsletter editors Rose Dyson [email protected] William McQueen [email protected] Electronic Information & Internet Coordinator William McQueen [email protected] Journal Editor-In-Chief Tom Sork [email protected] Francophone Journal Editor Mohamed Hrimech [email protected] Treasurer Janice Landry [email protected] Membership TBA Regional Representatives/Directeurs Regionaux Atlantic Jim Sharpe j [email protected] Quebec Kate Briscoe [email protected] and Mohamed Hrimech [email protected] Ontario TBA Prairies Tara Fenwick [email protected] British Columbia Darlene Clover [email protected] Portfolios/Dossiers Daniel Schugurensky International [email protected] Maurice Taylor Literacy [email protected] John Egan Students [email protected] Darlene Clover Professors [email protected] 2002 National Conference Coordinators/Coordonnateur du Congres de 2002 Local Organizers Shahrzad Mojab, Pramila Aggarwal Proceedings Editors Shahrzad Mojab, William McQueen ACEEA-CASAE website: http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/CASAE/ Tim Howard at the ACEEA/CASAE Secretriat may be reached at [email protected] Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education Association Canadienne pur 1' Etude de 1' Education des Adults CALL FOR PAPERS 21' Annual Conference May 30-31 & June 1st, 2002 Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto Due Date: November 30, 2001 ADULT EDUCATION AND THE CONTESTED TERRAIN OF PUBLIC POLICY Public policy has been experiencing extensive transformations in the context of the privileging of the market by the state. The Western democratic states endorse public policies which advance the interests of the private sector over the public sector, individuals, and non-state entities. In the last three decades, the state and the market have strengthened their alliances. The delegation of all power to the market has been associated with a widening gap between the rich and the poor. There is, at the same time, a growing global mobilizing against privatization of publicly provided services. In this context it seems timely for educators/learners/practitioners to rethink the relationship between adult education, public policy and civil society. The core questions are: How have adult educators/learners/practitioners participated in developing, implementing, resisting, and changing public policies globally, nationally, and locally? How has adult education been implicated in the dismantling of public policy? How have adult education theories and practices been inspired, informed, and evolved through public policies? How have adult education theories and methodologies been affected by or have influenced public polices? What are possibilities and opportunities for adult educators/learners/practitioners and the field to contribute to alternative policy making? Proposals may address some of the following public policy areas or issues: Anti-racism, anti- colonialism, citizenship, employment/unemployment, equity, environment, housing/homelessness, health, human rights, labour, literacy/language, land and self-governance, mass media, multiculturalism, training/learning/skilling, the arts, trade unionism, violence, war and peace, welfare/poverty, and workplace. Submissions may also take account of the ways multiple power positions (race, gender, class, sexuality, age, or disability), the experiences of domination and colonialism (Aboriginal People; North/South divisions, urban/rural differences), or growing global capitalist exploitation are implicated in these policies. Table of Contents Margarida Aguiar 1 Childhood, Schooling Family and Community: Reflections of Mothers Irene C. Baird. 7 Voices Inside: Popular Theater and Incarcerated Women's Lives Rose Barg 13 Beyond Personal Agency: Contributions to Public Effectiveness Through Subsistence- Oriented Motherwork Bijoy Barua