Adult Education Unit 01 slides for Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan students and for all , free to download

1. Foundations of Adult
Education
CODE No: 835
Compiled by: Muhammad Ayub Ansari

2. COURSE OBJECTIVES

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8. UNIT–1
Compiled by M Ayub Ansari
aayub.aansari@gmail.com
INTRODUCTION TO ADULT
EDUCATION

9. OBJECTIVES OF UNIT
• Explain the Nature of Adult Education
• Identify the need and scope of Adult
Education
• Discuss the growth and development of Adult
Education
• Evaluate the role of Adult Education

10. Adult Education
Adult education, distinct from child education, is a practice
in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self-
educating activities in order to gain new forms of
knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values. It can mean any
form of learning adults engage in beyond traditional
schooling, encompassing basic literacy to personal
fulfillment as a lifelong learner and to ensure the fulfillment
of an individual.

11. Adult Teaching
• Adult teaching is the practice of teaching and
educating adults;
• It has also been refereed as andragogy
• The field of adult learning was introduced by
Malcolm Knowles;
• This areas also involves the study how adults learn
best as compare to children and teams

12. Adult learning contexts
Formal – Structured learning that typically takes place in an education or
training institution, usually with a set curriculum and carries credentials;
Non-formal – Learning that is organized by educational institutions but
non credential. Non-formal learning opportunities may be provided in the
workplace and through the activities of civil society organizations and
groups;
Informal education – Learning that goes on all the time, resulting from
daily life activities related to work, family, community or leisure (e.g.
community baking class)

13. Philosophy of Adult Education

14. Need of
Adult
Education

15. Aims and Role Adult Education

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19. Aims and Role Adult Education