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		<title>The role of the University of the Third Age in meeting needs of adult learners in Victoria, Australia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 06:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author/s: Roger Harris Edition: Volume 48, Number 3, November 2008 Summary: Many older adults are interested in learning long past the age dictated by social norms. Some want to learn simply for the joy of learning, others because of the social contacts made by joining a community of learners, and still others want to learn &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/the-role-of-the-university-of-the-third-age-in-meeting-needs-of-adult-learners-in-victoria-australia/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The role of the University of the Third Age in meeting needs of adult learners in Victoria, Australia"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Professional knowledge formation and organisational capacity-building in ACE: lessons from the Victorian Research Circles</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 03:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author/s: John McIntyre Edition: Volume 48, Number 2, July 2008 Summary: The national reform agenda of the Council of Australian Governments challenges community education agencies to contribute to its goals and raises questions about their capacity to do so. It is crucial to define the conditions that are necessary to develop the capability of adult &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/professional-knowledge-formation-and-organisational-capacity-building-in-ace-lessons-from-the-victorian-research-circles/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Professional knowledge formation and organisational capacity-building in ACE: lessons from the Victorian Research Circles"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Travelling against the current: an examination of upstream and downstream educational interventions across the life span</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author/s: Jenny Silburn and Geraldine Box Edition: Volume 48, Number 1, April 2008 Summary: Current social and economic circumstances are presenting universities with a more diverse general student intake whose support needs are increasingly similar to those of traditionally defined equity groups. This paper examines a Murdoch University equity program to demonstrate that simply increasing &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/travelling-against-the-current-an-examination-of-upstream-and-downstream-educational-interventions-across-the-life-span/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Travelling against the current: an examination of upstream and downstream educational interventions across the life span"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Principles and practices of mature-age education at U3As</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author/s: Rob Siedle Edition: Volume 51, Number 3, November 2011 Summary: A movement known as the Universities of the Third Age (U3As) provides educational, cultural and social services for mature-age people in Australia and internationally. This paper focuses on the educational courses run by U3As and discusses two basic questions: What are the expectations of &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/principles-and-practices-of-mature-age-education-at-u3as/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Principles and practices of mature-age education at U3As"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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