A Cautious Welcome to the New Millennium

Authors

  • John Ohliger Basic Choices

Abstract

This personal perspective takes a broad view of the impact of the millennium on adult education. It is based on many years of considering millennium issues in conjunction with a shared correspondence forum among adult educators, an extensive millennium bibliography, and development of The Millennium Survival Kit in 1990. Caution flows from ideas expressed by these adult educators, as well as ideas about Utopia, and trends in society. Positive approaches include recognition that the millennium and time itself have a variety of meanings; understanding that the year 2000 is of interest to only a minority of the world's population; recognition that time moves in a variety of directions, coupled with the realization that time itself can be a great adult educator; and recognition that healthy movements toward a truly democratic society are expressed by those authors who write powerfully of their visions within different time vistas.

Résumé

Nous posons ici un large regard sur la pratique andragogique à l'aube du nouveau millénaire. Notre vision est alimentée par une réflexion s'étalant sur plusieurs années, par nos échanges au sein d'une tribune d'éducateurs d'adultes, ainsi quepar une riche bibliographie et la création du Millennium Survival Kit en 1990. Il se dégage de ces échanges une mise en garde contre les notions d'utopie et de nouvelles tendances sociales, et on relève un appel à la prudence. Plus positivement, on reconnaît que le millénaire et la notion de temps elle-même véhiculent de multiples significations. D'abord, l'An 2000 ne présente d'intérêt que pour une minorité de gens à trovers le monde. Puis, le passage du temps pent lui-même être perçu comme un important facteur d'éducation des adultes. Enfin, on retrouve à trovers toutes les époques des écrits visionnaires qui traduisent un élan vers la véritable démocratie.

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Published

1999-11-01

How to Cite

Ohliger, J. (1999). A Cautious Welcome to the New Millennium. Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 13(2), 7–18. Retrieved from https://cjsae.library.dal.ca/cjsae/article/view/1996

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (1999)

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Perspectives

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