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'The drought is my teacher’: Adult learning and education in times of climate crisis

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: In Cape Town we have been experiencing the most severe drought in our history. We are not alone.Other cities – for example, in the United States, Brazil, Spain, Belgium, Australia, Morocco andPakistan – are also learning to live under new, more extreme, drought conditions. In this article Iuse the local drought as an aperture through which to identify key insights into how adult learningand education (ALE) can and should respond in times of climate crisis. The article is exploratory, asthe ambitious topic opens up a raft of complex economic, socio-ecological and political issueswhich can only be touched upon. It aims to prompt deeper conversations about ALE and climatecrises and to identify key questions for future ALE research.

Source: Journal of vocational, adult and continuing education and training

DOI: 10.14426/jovacet.v1i1.18

Author: Shirley Walters

Institution: University of the Western Cape

Language: English

Topic: Adult and Continuing Education Topics

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Climate action

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: National Research Foundation