Adult Students and Teachers,

Please click on the link below to access one of several blogs posted by adult learning advocate and retired educator Ann Walker.  She is a strong supporter of life-long learning as well.  Her webpage is: https://annwalkerwea.wordpress.com/about/

Source: 10 blogs about adult education

Ann has several articles on topics related to student-centered learning for adults and educational policies.  Most are written for the United Kingdom’s educational system, but they have valuable information for all nations!  Here are a few more sites that Ann recommends:

Here are links to 10 other interesting blogs that are relevant to adult education. They’re listed in alphabetical order of their authors and are all UK-focused unless stated otherwise.

1. The Learning Professor – John Field is an academic interested in lifelong learning.
2. Education Post 2015 ICAE – The International Council for Adult Education.
3. Stuffaliknows – Alison Iredale is a teacher educator working at Oldham College as Centre Manager for the PGCE / CertEd (Lifelong Learning).
4. JISC Regional Support Centres – (formerly Joint Information Systems Committee) Supports the use of digital technologies in UK education and research.
5. teachnorthern – Lou Mycroft is a teacher educator, working at The Northern College, Barnsley. This blog links to a ‘Community of Praxis’ and ‘Teachdifferent’.
6. More, Different, Better – A multi-authored blog from NIACE, the National Institute of Adult and Continuing Education.
7. Working in Adult Literacy – Kate Nonesuch has worked in adult literacy and numeracy for more than twenty-five years, most of that time at Vancouver Island University. (Canadian).
8. Sam Shepherd’s Blog – Sam is an ESOL tutor and teacher trainer.
9. The Learning Age – Paul Stanistreet is a journalist who edits Adults Learning, a quarterly magazine for people working in adult education.
10. Union Learning Voices – The unionlearn blog.

She has much to offer the adult learning community!  (Thank you, Ann!)