Felnőttoktatással a pozitív társadalmi változásokért és a személyes kiteljesedésért: Beszámoló a Felnőttoktatás és Továbbképzés Hírességeinek Nemzetközi Csarnoka 2024. november 7-9. között Firenzében szervezett konferenciájáról

Éva Farkas

doi:10.3311/ope.39652

Authors

Éva Farkas

Affiliation

Éva Farkas holds a Ph.D. in education and works as a teacher and supervisor at the Doctoral School of Education, University of Szeged, Hungary. She has 25 years of experience in adult learning and education policies in Hungary and Europe, with a special focus on the professionalisation of adult learning and education as well as validation of learning outcomes achieved in non-formal learning context. In the last decade, her research interests have focused on learning outcomes-based curriculum design and learning management in higher education. In 2019, she was inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame, and currently serves as its president since September 2022. Webpage: www.drfarkaseva.hu/en/

Abstract

The International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame (hereinafter referred to as the Hall of Fame) organized its first major conference in beautiful Florence from 7 to 9 November 2024. The conference, entitled Revitalising Adult Continuing Education for Positive Social Changes and Personal Fulfilment, was unique in several ways. The most important European and North American organizations and journals dealing with adult learning and education were invited to the conference. The conference also differed from the traditional framework in that there were only two plenary presentations and the participants discussed future opportunities for cooperation and progress in ten working groups.