The document is a contribution to desk research under the IMPADA project, aiming to improve adult education effectiveness for disadvantaged groups. It presents various resources, including articles, reports, conferences, frameworks, and projects related to the challenges and solutions in adult education. The document emphasizes the importance of addressing the educational needs of disadvantaged learners and provides publicly available resources for further exploration.

1. IMPADA
Contribution to desk research on factors
affecting the effectiveness of adult education
on disadvantaged
Output type: Intellectual Output
PROMEA
December 2015

2. 2
Project acronym: IMPADA
Project name: Improving the effectiveness of adult education for
disadvantaged groups
Project code: 2015-1-UK01-KA204-013666
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Document ID name: IMPADA_ O1 _A1_2015-12-23
Document title: O1-A1 _Contribution to desk research on factors affecting
the effectiveness of adult education on disadvantaged
groups
Output Type: Intellectual Output
Date of Delivery: 23/12/2015
Activity type: Desk research
Activity leader: IBE
Dissemination level: Public
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3. Contents
1. Articles......................................................................................................................................................................4
2. Reports .....................................................................................................................................................................4
3. Conferences ..............................................................................................................................................................5
4. Frameworks / Action Plans........................................................................................................................................5
5. Resolutions ...............................................................................................................................................................6
6. Projects (studies, analysis, deliverables) ...................................................................................................................6
7. Blogs .........................................................................................................................................................................6

4. 4
1. Articles
TITLE LINK
Disadvantaged Adult Learners: Can Career
Counseling Enhance Adult Education Program
Effectiveness?,
doi: 10.1177/0001848187037002001Adult
Education Quarterly WINTER 1987 vol. 37 no.
2 63-77.
http://aeq.sagepub.com/content/37/2/63.abstract
The culture of accountability within the
education system in Romania: lessons learned
from the impact study on the program Acces to
education for disadvantaged groups
http://www.academia.edu/4315205/The_culture_of_acco
untability_within_the_education_system_in_Romania_less
ons_learned_from_the_impact_study_on_the_program_A
cces_to_education_for_disadvantaged_groups
Adult education and the disadvantaged older
adult: an analytical review of the research
literature
http://publish.ucc.ie/ijpp/2010/01/maxwelldorrity/04/en
A career and learning transitional model for
those experiencing labour market disadvantage
http://epubs.scu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1070
&context=comm_pubs
Experiences of poverty and educational
disadvantage
https://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/default/files/jrf/migrated/files
/2123.pdf
Digital learning for participants with learning
disabilities
http://www.infonet-ae.eu/articles-science-55/1289-digital-
learning-for-participants-with-learning-disabilities
2. Reports
TITLE LINK
Extended Services Evaluation Reaching
Disadvantaged Groups and Individuals, Thematic
Review. Research Report DCSF-RR196
http://www.nesetweb.eu/sites/default/files/dcsf-
rr196.pdf
http://www.nesetweb.eu/sites/default/files/dcsf-
rr196.pdf
OECD executive summary: Promoting Adult
Learning
http://www.oecd.org/edu/innovation-
education/35268366.pdf
UNESCO: Integrated Approach for Adult Education
Programme
http://www.unesco.org/uil/litbase/?menu=4&programm
e=135
Social Disadvantage and Education Experiences http://www.oecd.org/social/soc/36165298.pdf
UNESCO: The economics and financing of adult
learning
http://www.unesco.org/education/uie/confintea/pdf/fin
ance.pdf
UNESCO: Global report on adult learning and http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001864/186431

5. 5
education e.pdf
EUROSTAT statistics/indicators http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-
explained/index.php/Europe_2020_indicators_-
_education
Carrera, S., Geyer, F. (2009), EU Policy on
Education: The Impact on the Social Inclusion of
Vulnerable Groups, CEPS Special Report
http://aei.pitt.edu/14573/1/Includ-
ed_EU_Policy_on_Education.pdf
Eurydice Report, Adult Education and Training in
Europe: Widening Access to Learning
Opportunities
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documen
ts/thematic_reports/179EN.pdf
Hawley, J., Murphy, I., Otero, M, (2013), Prison
Education and Training in Europe Current State-Of-
Play and Challenge
http://ec.europa.eu/education/library/study/2013/prison
_en.pdf
Riddell, S. (2012), Education and Disability/Special
Needs, EU
http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/education-and-disability-
special-needs-pbNC0213004
Department of Education and Science, Ireland
(2008), The Development And State Of The Art Of
Adult Learning And Education
http://www.aontas.com/download/pdf/ireland_ale_repo
rt.pdf
Firth, A. (2011), Social Inclusion in Education and
Training, EUCIS-LLL
http://www.eucis-lll.eu/eucis-lll/wp-
content/uploads/2012/03/EUCIS-LLL-Publication-Social-
Dimension1.pdf
3. Conferences
TITLE LINK
OED Conference: Turn policy into practice to
involve disadvantaged groups
http://www.eaea.org/en/home/news/oed-conference-
turn-policy-into-practice-to-involve-disadvantaged-
groups.html
Sixth international conference on adult education:
Final Report
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001877/187790
e.pdf
4. Frameworks / Action Plans
TITLE LINK
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's
Services and Skills (Ofsted): Common Inspection
Framework for further education and skills
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa
ds/attachment_data/file/457392/Common_20Inspection
_20Framework_20for_20further_20education_20and_20
skills_20from_20September_202012.pdf
EAEA: Action plan for validation and non-formal
adult education
http://www.eaea.org/en/projects/eaea-coordinated-
projects/ava.html
WEA Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy http://www.wea.org.uk/download.aspx?id=126

6. 6
WEA Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy http://www.wea.org.uk/download.aspx?id=1870
ET2020 http://ec.europa.eu/education/policy/strategic-
framework/index_en.htm
5. Resolutions
TITLE LINK
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's
Services and Skills (Ofsted): Common Inspection
Framework for further education and skills
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa
ds/attachment_data/file/457392/Common_20Inspection
_20Framework_20for_20further_20education_20and_20
skills_20from_20September_202012.pdf
EAEA: Action plan for validation and non-formal
adult education
http://www.eaea.org/en/projects/eaea-coordinated-
projects/ava.html
WEA Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy http://www.wea.org.uk/download.aspx?id=126
WEA Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy http://www.wea.org.uk/download.aspx?id=1870
ET2020 http://ec.europa.eu/education/policy/strategic-
framework/index_en.htm
6. Projects (studies, analysis, deliverables)
TITLE LINK
EAEA projects http://www.eaea.org/en/projects/eaea-coordinated-
projects.html
The Evaluation of the Impact and the
Dissemination of the Results of the PHARE
Programmes <Access to Education for
Disadvantaged Groups>, (PHARE/2006/018-
147.0101.02)
http://www.academia.edu/4316359/Impact_study_Acce
ss_to_education_for_disadvantaged_groups_PHARE_Ro
mania
OUTREACH, EMPOWERMENT AND DIVERSITY
network
http://www.eaea.org/en/projects/eaea-coordinated-
projects/oed.html
EPAEMSI http://epaemsi.blogspot.gr/p/the-project.html
7. Blogs
TITLE LINK
What role should adult learning have in supporting
social inclusion? (Ian Atkinson, Associate Director
at Ecorys UK)
https://ec.europa.eu/epale/en/blog/what-role-should-
adult-learning-have-supporting-social-inclusion
WEA http://weaeducation.typepad.co.uk/wea_education_blog/