Maria Brown holds a Ph.D. in the Sociology of Adult and Non-Formal Education and Community Development, a Master of Arts in Sociology and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Italian.
She lectures adult education and community-based education within the Department of Arts,Open Communities & Adult Education. Her research interests are in adult education, education, community action and community development, social equality, sociology, social policy, Europeanisation, sustainable development, methodology and research methods - with special interest in computer-assisted quantitative and qualitative data analysis (use of SPSS and NVivo).
Her experience also includes work for the European Commission, Eurydice, the Council of Europe, the European Co-operation in Science & Technology (COST) and the Ministry for Education and Employment (Malta).
She has carried out voluminous research that includes EU-funded projects and published in academic peer-reviewed publications.
E-mail: maria.brown@um.edu.mt
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xI8ZlAcAAAAJ&hl=en Academic profile: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/mariabrown
Times of Malta Online Blog: https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/author/58 Twitter: @MariaBrown1919 Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/mariabrown.sociology
Adult education
Community studies
Educational sociology
Social welfare
Socio-economic research
EU environmental policy
Regional policy maker
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ACA0006 - Working with Older Persons: Quality Intergenerational Service-Provision, Lifelong Education and Active Ageing
ACA2009 - Elements of Effective Programme Evaluation in Adult and Community-based Education, Training and Development
ACA2010 - Diversity of Gender and Sexuality in Adult Learning Settings
ACA2011 - Teaching and Training Adults with Disability and Learning Difficulties
ACA2012 - Adult Education and Training in Multicultural Contexts
ACA2013 - Educating Adults on Sustainable Development
ACA3001 - Internal Quality Assurance in Adult Education and Training Settings
ACA3002 - Basic Numeracy, Literacy and Language Teaching and Learning in Adult Education and Training Contexts
