In the 21st century, globalization has ruled the drive behind adult education. While adult education, throughout much of the world, historically has its roots in addressing social inequities and social justice, globalization has caused a shift into more economic driven approaches in years of late. Through experience and observation in the field of…

"Further education" (FE) is a substantial sector in the education system in England. It has funding of approximately £8 billion annually and educates close to three million students. Within the sector are 231 FE colleges which provide a range of courses that are typically vocational/skills-based. They vary in scale and scope with the…

Military education programs encompass almost every adult education component from basic skills training through graduate-level higher education. As the country's largest employer, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is also the largest provider of adult education, offering training and education for a workforce of more than 3.2 million members…

Co-investment between the state, employer, and employee is an intrinsic feature of most vocational and education training systems. The government's strategy is to "profoundly" shift responsibility for funding learning and skills from the state to individuals and businesses. At a time of stringent cuts in publicly-funded further education…

A report on a unique system of adult education originating in the Nordic countries. (GB)

Keynote speech of the 1968 AEA/USA Conference (Des Moines, Iowa)

A repudiation of social change as an educational aim; adult education must work within existing society, and must accept its social (and educational) priorities.'' (Author/SP)

An analysis of two dominant theoretical frameworks--critical thinking and self-directed learning shows that responsibility and control are fundamental to both. A reasonable conceptualization of either framework must involve learners' assuming responsibility for meaning while sharing control of the educational process. (SK)

Discusses the role of adult education in relation to new information technologies. Includes the extent of education's role, the content to be provided, the type of clientele to be served, and delivery systems to be used. (JOW)

The director of Extension Studies at Liverpool University evaluates the Russell Report

Adult family life education is an area of challenge for adult educators. The AEA (USA) Committee on the American Family position paper identifies some areas on which family life education programs can focus: marriage education, parenting, social and community development, and middle years/pre-retirement/retirement. (EC)

Adult educators are faced with a dilemma which lies between the traditional design and use of the curriculum with its aims and objectives as a system of control and the natural freedom of the more highly motivated and articulate adult student/consumer. (SK)

Based on a work paper on adult and continuing education policy formation for Quebec, this document modifies and supplements recommendations on the unemployed and other high priority clientele groups, adult education content and methodology, the training of adult educators, responsibilities of sponsoring bodies (including the mass media), Federal…

The BBC should present programs which are geared, both in content and method of presentation, to the educationally disadvantaged since radio and television are among the more obvious ways to reach them. The issue arises from discussion of a Fourth Channel. (Author/AG)