This yearbook contains 18 papers reflecting the major trends in adult education research in the Nordic countries in 1992-93. The following papers are included: "Popular Adult Education and Social Mobilization: Reflections in Connection with the Swedish Committee on Power" (Rubenson); "Direction of Finnish Adult Education Policies within the Context of European Integration" (Pantzar); "Managers of Their Own Life and Learning: An Evaluation of a Euroform Project for Long-Term Unemployed Professionals Aiming at Mobility in Europe" (Manninen); "Trends in Employer-Funded Training as an Indicator of Changes in Employment: The Case of Norway in the 1980s" (Gooderham, Hines); "Human Capital: Who Invests and Why?" (Sand); "Learning at the Workplace: An Industry in Change" (Thang);"Educational Needs and Demands of Danish Workers as Reflected in the Curricula of the Act on Adult Educational Grants (the VUS)" (Ehlers); "Qualification and Work; Basic Concepts and Danish Research" (Olesen); "Change of Perspective in Qualification Analysis; Presentation of a Search Model" (Ulriksen); "Working Together: Motivation, Goals, and Volition" (Dahl); "Relationship between Work and the Learning Process in Adult Education" (Hoyrup, Scavenius); "Domination or Self-Control? Images of Participation, a Review of Research" (Hultman); "From Self-Directedness to Interdependence? An Analysis of Mezirow's Conceptualization of Self-Directed Learning" (Ahteenmaki-Pelkonen); "Evaluation of a New Education for Shop Stewards" (Wahlgren); "As Teachers See It--Why There Are Dropouts from Continuing Education Programs for Adults. What Teachers Know" (Madsen); "Out-of-School Processes of Knowledge Constitution" (Llorente); "Slow Learners" (Andersson, Dyekjaer, and Wandall); and "From Information Technology to Thrilling Sources of Learning" (Grepperud). (MN)