Adult Education--Another Name for Lifelong Learning.

Autor/in	Bell, T. H.
Titel	Adult Education--Another Name for Lifelong Learning.
Quelle	(1975), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adjustment (to Environment); Adult Basic Education; Adult Development; Adult Education; Adult Literacy; Basic Skills; Educational Innovation; Educational Needs; Functional Literacy; Lifelong Learning; Literacy Education; Speeches; Vocational Adjustment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Erwachsenwerden; Adult basic education; Adult training; Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Funktionale Kompetenz; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Personalanpassung
Abstract	Adults, whatever their competence, are not obsolete. Education for adults is the font we must draw on to make possible the new environment in education that we call lifetime learning and recurrent education. Following the lead of Europe in planning broad-based adult education programs, the United States has begun to fund and operate diversified programs. The Adult Education Division of the Office of Education, in a recent study, has identified the minimal needs in all literacy areas for an American adult. Acknowledging that the average reading and computational ability of adults was found to be at the five-year level, we must begin to address the special problems of the functionally undereducated. We must understand the adult student's goals, supply the basic tools within the specific work and cultural setting, and create habits of life-long learning. If we are to make life-long learning and recurrent education more than a token, American education institutions must become open-ended, built around competency based modules or units of learning. We must include coping skills as well as job skills, the humanities as well as vocational training. All facets of learning are necessary to make the whole person and the whole life. (Author/MH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01