EDUCATION GUIDELINES FOR ADULTS
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https://doi.org/10.24919/2313-2094.5/37.102638Keywords:
adult education, educational needs, educational guidelines, continuous education, andragogyAbstract
The article reveals the content of adult education in Ukraine, provides an analysis of actual guidelines and needs of adults. Attention is drawn to creation of favorable preconditions for high-quality adult education in the context of market economy, science, culture and society. The trends in adult education and educational guidelines for adults, formation of adequate strategies of adult education aimed at preservation of the countryʼs intellectual and cultural potential, a crucial asset to modern society, have been outlined.
It has been proven that an adult becomes the subject of educational activities once he realizes the need for acquiring and deepening the knowledge. This may require advanced studies, retraining, creative activities. Adult education creates favorable conditions for the formation of flexible educational trajectories and an access to high-quality education in general, encompasses a wide range of educational services which conform to personal, social or economic needs.
The following peculiarities of adult education have been discussed: the need for education, a strong motivation determined by professional, social, household and temporary factors; certain educational stereotypes which arise from the previous experience and facilitate or hamper further education.
The trends in reevaluation of the content of adult education, formation of an appropriate attitude to adult education and a new strategy of adult education transformation into a social institution with its own legal basis, social, economic and financial mechanisms of adult development, determination of the role and functions of regional departments and local educational bodies etc. have been outlined. Now adult education is facing the challenges that must finally be overcome. This will create preconditions for shaping a proper attitude of the society towards adult education as currently it forms the basis of social development and democratic relations between the state and its citizens.
It has been concluded that adult education facilitates adjustment to new conditions, is of preventive nature, assists in professional and social development and life in general. In the epoch of global transformations adult education should become one of social regulation centers to help a person exercise his rights and protect his interests in line with the changes in society.
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