I have just spent some time interrogating ChatGPT about the connections between adult education, teaching and learning. This inquiry builds on earlier work I undertook more than a decade ago by using NGRAM Viewer-where I looked at the changing use of terms like adult learning and adult education. My thought at the time was thatContinue reading “Adult education <> Adult learning”
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Genealogy and Choice Making
Earlier this month we (Elizabeth, Eski-the-dog and I) travelled to northern Victoria (Aus) to explore the contexts within which my ancestors made emigration choices (and to visit interesting places). This project is very much a beginning-and the trip helped me identify potential sources for future data collection. To understand this trip and intention, an explanationContinue reading “Genealogy and Choice Making”
New Year and New Beginnings – Smart Goals
We are already into the second month of a calendar new year (and right in the Lunar New Year period) and given that the first semester is about to begin, this remains a “New Year” by multiple measures. For me professionally and academically however this is a new beginning in several important ways. As anContinue reading “New Year and New Beginnings – Smart Goals”
Experiences of ageing with dementia
Today I spoke with an older friend. They are now living in residential aged care and they have dementia. Sometimes they know that they have dementia and remember earlier experiences of interacting with others in that situation. They express frustration-but then their focus moves to a problem-often one that arose and subsided many years ago.Continue reading “Experiences of ageing with dementia”
Dr Michael J Henderson 