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\"\"<\/a>Our factsheets include research and evidence-based information about the potential and impact of adult and community education in Australia.<\/p>\n

Adult and community education<\/span>
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Adult and community education has a long history of engaging socially and economically marginalised groups to participate fully in their communities and the economy.<\/p>\n

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Adult learning and civic participation<\/h4>\n

Active citizenship Is the goal of a healthy functioning democracy. Adult education empowers marginalised and under-represented groups to take a more active role in their communities.<\/p>\n

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Adult literacy and numeracy<\/span><\/h4>\n

Demand for higher levels of literacy and numeracy are on the rise and keeping pace with change can be a challenge for many Australians.<\/p>\n

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Disengaged young people and adult and community education<\/h4>\n

Young people who fail to finish high school face the prospect of long term poverty and disadvantage so re-engaging them in education is more important now than ever. It\u2019s a challenge that adult and community education has faced head on.<\/p>\n

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Intergenerational and family learning and literacy<\/h4>\n

Families\u2019 attitudes to learning shape the skills and attitudes of the generations that follow. Family learning programs have a positive flow-on effect to children\u2019s education, health, welfare and employment.<\/p>\n

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Lifelong learning for an ageing population<\/span><\/h4>\n

Adult education has much to offer our rapidly ageing population when it comes to work, health, well-being and social connectedness.<\/p>\n

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Recognising all types of learning<\/h4>\n

Learning doesn\u2019t just happen in the formal education system. A successful approach to lifelong learning recognises the importance and value of formal, non formal and informal approaches to learning.<\/p>\n

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Rural and regional Australians<\/span><\/h4>\n

In rural and regional Australia adult and community education are helping to bridge the gap between the educational and employment opportunities of adults in regional and rural Australia and their city-based counterparts.<\/p>\n

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