945A02 · 7.5 credits · Advanced level (A1X) · Vuxnas lärande

Adult learning: Perspectives and Contexts

Active · next start HT 2026

100%

passed the latest regular sitting

LÄ01 · 9 Jan 2026 · 27 students

100%

passed the regular sittings, all sittings over the last 5 years

LÄ01 · 163 students

This module only reports passing results, so the pass rate does not show how many did not pass.

Part of 1 programme

Master's Programme in Adult Learning and Global Changesemester 1 · period L7MLG · compulsory

Other module

LÄ01 Examination

Main rounds

100% passed · 163 students

9 Jan 2026100%27

17 Jan 2025100%32
10 Jan 2024100%37
22 Dec 2022100%31
4 Jan 2022100%36

Later rounds

100% passed · 21 students

14 Feb 2023100%5
12 Jan 2023100%7
12 Jan 2022100%9

Pass a later round: 100% (21 students), compared with 100% (163 students) on the ordinary exam
Get B or A: 67% (184 students)

Show small sittings (11)

Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.

19 Feb 2026100%3
23 Jan 2026100%1
19 Jan 2026100%2
15 Jan 2026100%1
16 May 2025100%1
1 Apr 2025100%3
20 Feb 2025100%1
20 Jan 2025100%1
11 Nov 2024100%1
1 Mar 2024100%1
29 Mar 2022100%1

About the course

Aim

The course will enable students to

Gain understanding how global differences generate different conditions for learning based on elaboration and discussion of personal experiences of learning contexts
Develop understanding of contemporary theories of learning, applied in relation to the area of adult learning, through the analysis and comparison of their central concepts
Identify, analyse and discuss how diversity or uniformity relating to global dimensions of learning affects the way people live, think and act locally or regionally.

Content

This course focuses on contemporary theoretical perspectives on learning related to adults. The students are to comprehend and critically compare the chosen theories. The course deals with the processes and outcomes of learning beyond the compulsory school system, regardless of whether they take place in higher education, municipal adult education, popular adult education or in workplaces. The significance of various contexts for adult learning is highlighted. Moreover, global dimensions of learning are treated in relation to the students’ experiences.

Examiner: Helena Colliander
Main field of study: Vuxnas lärande

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