CELE, Centre for Research on Life Long Learning and Education

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CELE, Centre for Research on Life Long Learning
and Education
ADULT EDUCATION - LIBERTY, FRATERNITY, EQUALITY?
NORDIC CONFERENCE ON ADULT EDUCATION 13-14 MAY
2005 UNIVERSITY OF TURKU, FINLAND Preliminary
programme May 13th 9.00 12.00 Registration
10.00 11.00 Coffee 11.00 11.15
Opening Professor Risto Rinne, Director of CELE
University of Turku, Finland 11.15 12.00
Professor Anja Heikkinen, Chair of the Finnish
Adult Education Research Association, University
of Jyväskylä, Finland 12.00-12.30
Coffee 12.30-13.30 Professor Kjell Rubenson,
University of British Columbia, Canada and
University of Linköping, Sweden THE STATE OF
EQUALITY IN ADULT EDUCATION IN NORDIC AND OECD
COUNTRIES 13.30-14.00 Researcher Sigvard Tøsse,
Vox, National institute for adult learning,
Norway (title to be confirmed) 14.00 14.45
Lunch 14.45 15.45 Session I 15.45 16.15
Coffee 16.15 17.15 Session II 19.00
Reception May 14th 8.30 9.00 Coffee
9.00 12.00 Session III 12.00
13.00 Lunch 13.00 14.00 Professor Albert
Tuijnman, Institute of International Education,
Stockholm University, Sweden and Senior
Economist, European Invesment Bank, Luxembourg
GLOBAL VIEW IN EQUALITY, LIBERTY AND
FRATERNITY OF ADULT EDUCATION 14.00 14.30
Researcher Marianne Horsdal, Institute of
Educational Research and Development, University
of Southern Denmark THE DISCOURSES OF LIFELONG
LEARNING IN A KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY 14.30
15.00 Coffee 15.00 17.00 PanelAdult Education
Liberty, Fraternity, Equality? What is going
on? Chair Professor Risto Rinne, University of
Turku, Finland Participants Professor
Jon-Torfi Jónasson, University of Iceland,
Iceland Professor Anja Heikkinen, University
of Jyväskylä, Finland Professor Juha Suoranta,
University of Lapland, Finland orDr. Heikki
Silvennoinen, University of Jyväskylä,
Finland Professor Asko Suikkanen, University of
Lapland, Finland Researcher Marianne Horsdal,
Institute of Educational Research and
Development, University of Southern
Denmark Professor Agnieszka Bron, University of
Stockholm, Sweden 17.00 Closing of the
conference
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• Preliminary themes of the session groups
• (the list to be developed)
• Transition from Youth to Adulthood
• Co-ordinator Senior researcher, Dr. Tero
  Järvinen
• Women and Men in Adult Education
• Co-ordinator Dr. Annukka Jauhiainen
• Transition from Education to Work
• Co-ordinator Researcher, Dr. Jarkko Mäkinen
• "Assessment and Recognition of Competences"
• Co-ordinator Researcher Petri Haltia
• Learning at Work
• Co-ordinator Researcher Laura Helle
• Open University vs. Closed University