Introduction to Adult Education

Introduction to Adult Education

Study Cycle: 1

Lectures: 60

Seminars: 30

Tutorials: 0

ECTS credit: 7

Lecturer(s): izr. prof. dr. Ličen Nives, Zaposleni bodoči (za najave)

Content

- Andragogy as scientific discipline.
- Concept of adulthood. Characteristics of adults.
- Learning in adulthood and existential themes.
- Theories of adult education and different authors.
- Adult education and continuing education in the context of change (cultural, social, biological, technological).
- Adult education and the concept of lifelong learning.
- Fields of adult education and different providers.
- Selected monograph topics (e.g. literacy, multiculturalism, learning organization).