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Adult Education
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Stephen Brookfield's Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning (1986) summarized six leading principles of adult education:
- voluntary participation in learning
- mutual respect among participants
- collaborative facilitation
- a praxis approach to teaching/learning
- the necessity of critical reflection upon the breadth of life, and
- a proactive and self-directed empowerment of participants.
Adult Education includes all forms of schooling and learning programs in which adults participate. Unlike other types of education, adult education is defined by the student population rather than by the content or complexity of a learning program. It includes literacy training, community development, university credit programs, on-the-job training, and continuing professional education. Programs vary in organization from casual, incidental learning to formal college credit courses.
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