The article below describes adult education in Iceland, primarily non-formal education. The structure, goals and the programme of adult education for immigrants have been analysed. One of the courses - The School of Settlers - has been scrutinised in more detail. Pedagogy of place is the theoretical framework for the analysis. The paper shows different traditions and ways of understanding this concept, as well as its relation to education for immigrants. One of the conclusions is that the non-formal education for adult immigrants in Iceland reflects some principles of the pedagogy of place, but to a limited extent. Moreover, there seems to be a problem with the small number of courses available in other languages than Icelandic.
The author starts the article with the considerations about the definition of place. Then She characterizes two educational movements – urban and rural, that establish a direct and visible connection between place and pedagogy. The essential part of the publication of Stephanie R. Jayanandhan explores the links between the three tenets of J. Dewey’s philosophy of education (environment, experience, and democracy) and the tripartite definition of place of Lawrence Buell. The last part of the paper marks the importance of pedagogy of place in a mobile society.
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