Adult education as a stabilizing response to conflict

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" Adult education as a stabilizing response to conflict "
Johnstone, Carolyn

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Record Number	:	830895
Doc. No	:	TLets590892
Main Entry	:	Johnstone, Carolyn
Title & Author	:	Adult education as a stabilizing response to conflict\ Johnstone, Carolyn
College	:	Institute of Education (University of London)
Date	:	2014
student score	:	2014
Degree	:	Thesis (Ph.D.)
Abstract	:	The aim of the study was to examine how adult education can be part of an international response in societies recovering from conflict, which can stabilize rather than de-stabilize, thus enhancing security. The guiding hypothesis was that there has been a failure to recognize the contribution adult education can make in building a secure society, resulting in policy vacuums and under-funding of the sector. The three countries studied were Cambodia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iraq. The study relied primarily on documentary research, but also on opportunistic data collection during periods of work in each of the three countries. By identifying common themes and practices in each specific scenario, it has been possible to determine the links between adult education and security. The findings supported the guiding hypothesis and affirmed that adult education can play a key role in stabilizing a post-conflict society. The resultant understanding of the links between adult education and societal development underpin a new framework for adult education in such societies, which balances short-term security issues with community values and the longer term requirements of society, reducing the potential for future conflict. An analytical tool and a checklist for adult education practitioners were developed as part of that framework. These could potentially inform decision making within the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom government and the British military.
Subject	:	Lifelong and Comparative Education
Added Entry	:	University College London (University of London)