Abstract:
The societal factors of Adult Education are an important area of the education system in the world. Who really are adults? Does technology provide the necessary ingredients or proper ways for education of all adults in the society? A look into what constitute the means and how adult education can be improved is explored and emphasized in this work. The justification of adults predicaments are discussed accordingly. The presumption as to who really are adults is also confirmed.
It is discovered that adults learn by quantum thinking, which means by looking at the world in a new way; and learning in a safe environment. It may also be inferred that adults, not the educators, determine what they want to learn (Knowles,1980). Adult education creates a foundation for the success of professionals. The education of the adults may be formal or informal. The combinations of formal and informal education are the major fundamental of adult professionalism. The education obtained through informal education is the day to day observations or scanning of the environment or societal activities of the population. Informal education may be classified as knowledge or education obtained out of the classroom or out of the congregation of people. It is the education acquired through exploration of various paraphernalia of possible educational documentations or situations. The formal education obtained by many professional adults are classrooms-based, these may be through seminars or conferences. The basis for educating the professional adults is to update their skills because of changes in the society: Thus, this justified the purpose and the need for strategic adult educational planning (Knowles, 1980). |
