NIACE (National Institute of Adult Continuing Education) is pleased to announce that the latest issue of its popular international journal Convergence is now available. This is a special issue, dedicated to analysing the influence of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as they relate to adult and continuing education, with articles on the goals' importance to literacy, gender and racial equality, health and lifelong learning.
Contents:
- Editorial: Education and the MDGs, Ana Agostino
- The United Nations Millennium Development Goals
- Critical issues around the MDGs and education, David Archer
- Literacy and the MDGs: one step forward, two steps backwards, Sofía Valdivielso Gómez
- MDGs: Most distracting gimmicks? Peggy Antrobus
- Lifelong learning and its potential for transforming the MDGs, Carolyn Medel-Anonuevo
- Gender equality in education in the context of the MDGs: challenges and opportunities for women, Relebohile Moletsane
- Is the Millennium Goal on education tackling the ethical requirements of a diverse and multicultural world? Katia Ximena Mosquera Mosquera and Maura Nasly Mosquera Mosquera
- From domination to partnership: meeting the UN Millennium Goals Riane Eisler and Thais Corral
- HIV/AIDS The holistic personal relevance model: an approach to bridging the development divide, Sebastian Matroos and Barry van Wyk
Convergence is published by NIACE on behalf of the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE). Further details about Convergence, including a chance to read the current issue's guest editorial, and general information about the journal, advice on how to submit papers for consideration and how to subscribe, can all be found on the journal website: http://www.niace.org.uk/publications/Periodicals/Convergence/Default.htm
The next issue of the journal will be dedicated to the arts and adult education, compiled by Dr Darlene E Clover, of the University of Victoria in Canada.
If you would like more information about Convergence, or any of the other books and journals published by NIACE, then please do not hesitate to contact me.
Convergence is published four times a year
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