Contemporary Issues in Adult Education
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Reading List
Access to Higher Education/Widening Participation
Clancy, Patrick, College entry in focus : a fourth national survey of access to higher education,
Dublin : Higher Education Authority, 2001..
James Joyce Library
GEN 378.415/CLA
Long Loan
Fleming, Ted, & Gallagher, Anne. Power, Privilege and Points: The Choices and Challenges of
Third Level Access in Dublin, Dublin: Dublin Employment Pact, 2003 (not available in
UCD Library)
Fleming, Ted, & Murphy, Mark. College Knowledge: Power, Policy and the Mature Student
Experience at University, Dublin: NUI, Maynooth, 1997
James Joyce Library
GEN 374.9415/FLE
Government Publications (1999) Points Commission Report, Dublin: Government
Publications
(An executive summary by Aine Hyland, Chairperson of the
Commission is available on
http://www.ucc.ie/publications/heeu/Newsletter/june2000/points_commission.h
tm, and the report itself is available on the www.irlgov.ie/educ/comm.htm websit)
Government Publications (2001) Report of Action Group on Access to Third Level Education
Dublin: Government Publications
(PDF available on
www.irlgov.ie/educ/comm.htm)
Higher Education Authority (2008) National Plan for Equity of Access to Higher Education,
Dublin: Higher Education Authority
(PDF available on
http://www.hea.ie/files/files/file/National_Access_Plan_2008-2013_(English).pdf)
Higher Education Authority (200886) Higher Education: Key Facts and Figures 2006/07)
Dublin: Higher Education Authority (PDF available on
http://www.hea.ie/files/files/file/statistics/2008/HRAfacts06_07.pdf)
Higher Education Authority (2006) Who went to college in 2004? A national survey of new
entrants to Higher Education,, Dublin: Higher Education Authority
James Joyce Library
Large Books 378.415/HIG
Adult Education
Aontas, The Adult Learner, Dublin: Aontas
Government Publications (2000) Learning for Life: White Paper on Adult Education Dublin:
Government Publications
James Joyce Library
Official Publications E/143
Inglis, Tom, & Murphy, Mark, No Room for Adults? A Study of Mature Students in University
College Dublin, Dublin: UCD, 1999
James Joyce Library
Large Books 374.9415/ING
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Jarvis, P., (2008) The Routledge International Handbook of Lifelong Learning London:
RoutledgeFalmer (anything by Jarvis)
James Joyce Library
GEN 374/ROU
OECD, (2003) Beyond Rhetoric: Adult Learning Policies and Practices, Paris: OECD
James Joyce Library
GEN 374/BEY
Education and Active Citizenship
Active Citizenship Taskforce, (2007) Report of the Taskforce on Active Citizenship, Dublin:
Secretariat of the Taskforce on Active Citizenship
James Joyce Library
Large Books 361.609415/TAS
Introduction to Sociology
Bilton, T., Bonnett, K., Jones, P., Lawson, T., Skinner, D., Stanworth, M., and Webster., A.,
(2002) Introductory Sociology, 4th ed., Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (Chapter on
Education)
James Joyce Library
GEN 301/BIL
Lifelong Learning
European Commission (2006) Adult learning: It is never too late to learn, Brussels:
Commission of the European Communities
(available on http://www.epped.eu/Activities/pday07/day150_en.asp )
European Commission. Making a European Area of Lifelong Learning a Reality, European
Commission, November 2001 (pdf available on http://www.bolognaberlin2003.de/pdf/MitteilungEng.pdf)
European Commission. Memorandum on Lifelong Learning, European Commission, 2000
James Joyce Library
Official Publications E/C 19-00
European Commission. Teaching & Learning: Towards the Learning Society, Luxembourg:
European Commission, 1996. (available on http://eurlex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2002:034E:0149:0153:EN:PDF)
Fauré, E., (1972) Learning to be: The world of education today and tomorrow, Paris: UNESCO
James Joyce Library
GEN 370.1
Field, J., (2005) Social Capital and Lifelong Learning, Bristol: Policy Press
Field, J., (2006) Lifelong Learning and the New Educational Order, Stoke on Trent: Trentham
Books (anything by Field)
(Not available in the Library)
Field, J., and Leicester, M. (Eds) (2000) Lifelong Learning Education Across the Lifespan
London: RoutledgeFalmer
Government Publications (2002) Report of the Taskforce on Lifelong Learning Dublin:
Government Publications
James Joyce Library
Official Publications E/159
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Higher Education
Government Publications (1997) Universities Act Dublin: Government Publications
Health Sciences Library
Pamphlet Collection 378.415/UNI
Higher Education Authority – Variety of reports on aspects of Higher Education
http://www.hea.ie/uploads
Morgan, M., Flanagan, R., & Kellaghan, T., A Study of Non-Completion in Undergraduate
University Courses. Dublin: HEA, 2001
James Joyce Library
Large Books 378.415/MOR
National Qualifications Authority of Ireland (2001) Towards a National Framework of
Qualifications: A Discussion Document Dublin: NQAI
(www.nqai.ie)
National Qualifications Authority of Ireland (2002a) Towards a National Framework of
Qualifications: Establishment of Policies and Criteria Dublin: NQAI (www.nqai.ie)
National Qualifications Authority of Ireland (2002b), Towards a National Framework of
Qualifications: Inclusion of Professional and International Awards Dublin: NQAI
(www.nqai.ie)
National Qualifications Authority of Ireland- any publications, including:
OECD, (2004) Review of Higher Education in Ireland, Paris: OECD (www.nqai.ie)
Skilbeck, Malcolm. Access and Equity in Higher Education: An International Perspective on
Issues and Strategies. Dublin: HEA, 2000
James Joyce Library
Large Books 378.415/HIG
Skilbeck, Malcolm. The University Challenged: A Review of International Trends and Issues
with Particular Reference to Ireland. Dublin: HEA, 2000
James Joyce Library
GEN 378.415/SKI
Literacy
International Adult Literacy Survey Results for Ireland (Department of Education and Science,
2000) – available for download on www.nala.ie/publications
Literacy as a social practice: more than reading and writing edited by Kerry Lawless (NALA ,
2008) – available for download on www.nala.ie/publications
Literacy and Social Inclusion Handbook (Basic Skills Agency, 2005) – available for purchase
from NIACE
Lifelines 18 - Developing Literacy: Supporting Achievement, Amanda Lindsay and Judith
Gawn (NIACE, 2005)
Financial Literacy: improving understanding, creating opportunity – summary,
Dr Pauline Conroy and Helen O’Leary (NALA & ESB, 2005) – available for download on
www.nala.ie/publications
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Irish Vocational Education Association, Pilot Framework for Educational Provision for Asylum
Seekers, Refugees and Minority Linguistic Groups – An IVEA Working Group Report,
Dublin: IVEA, 2001
Websites - Ireland
Web address
http://www.ahead.ie
http://www.aontas.com
http://www.fas.ie
http://www.hea.ie
http://www.ncge.ie
http://www.nqai.ie
http://oasis.gov.ie/
http://www.ucd.ie/adulted
Organisation
Association for Higher Education Access and Disability
Aontas – National Adult Organisation Association
FAS – Training & Employment Authority
Higher Education Authority
National Centre for Guidance in Education
National Qualifications Authority of Ireland
Irish Government website
Adult Education Centre, UCD – Tutor Resources
Websites - International
Web address
http://europa.eu.int
http://europa.eu.int/ploteus/portal
/home.jsp
www.eurydice.org
www.unesco.org
www.oecd.org
http://www.learndirect.co.uk/
http://www.niace.org.uk/
http://www.open.ac.uk/lifelonglearning
www.learningbenefits.net
Organisation
Gateway to EU websites
Portal on Learning Opportunities throughout the
European Space
EURYDICE – Information network on education in
Europe
UNESCO
OECD
Learn Direct, UK
NIACE – National Institute of Adult & Continuing
Education, UK
Open University – series of papers on aspects of
lifelong learning
Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning
Related websites for Literacy
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise
www.dyslexia-parent.com
www.literacyonline.org
www.literacytrust.org.uk
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