ADULT EDUCATION - AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF LIFELONG LEARNING
"...The basis of adult education is postgraduate education which is financed from the state budget in the amount of 1,0-1,3% of the total budget for education, that in 2010 amounted to 0.8 billion of national currency. These funds are used for training and retraining of postgraduates. However, it is not enough to ensure a minimum at least every five years, systematic training of all economic activity. There are no systemic proposals to provide educational programs for adults because of their personal needs, capacity, age. There is no development of grants from the state and local budgets of those organizations and institutions that engaged in adult education. The activities of international donors are too complicated. Overall, in the our country lack of financial support and promotion of adult education, particularly through the establishment of tax incentives, direct payments for adult education and more. Often adult education is a personal matter and responsibility, its role is not properly understood at the level of state policy..." read more (ua)
ADULT EDUCATION IN THE CONTEXT OF CURRENT EDUCATIONAL PARADIGM
In the article considered the role of adult education in the context of modern social and economic transformations. the possibility of adapting to modern society; reasonably leading trends of adult education in Ukraine (the transition from the concept of functional training to the concepts of personal development, establishment of adult education as an important factor in overcoming of the backwardness) read more (ua)
ADULT EDUCATION: OUTSTANDING ISSUES AND GUIDELINES REFORM
"...In a broad sense, adult education - a learning process; in the narrow sense - a set of organized action on teaching adults conducted by many institutions to achieve specific goals; processes combine both values and actions in the idea, implemented in social practice. It can be considered "adult education" as a social institution to satisfy needs of adult education, culture, adapting to society. Today, adult education accept as education for national economic growth and population increase chances for employment...." read more (ua)
NON-FORMAL ADULT EDUCATION AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF LIFELONG LEARNING
"...The concept of non-formal adult education coincides with such concepts as additional and continued education. However, only non-formal education provides opportunities for satisfaction of personal needs and requests of society. There is capacity for self-development and inner spiritual growth. However, non-formal education is a condition of growth. Under such conditions, one of the important functions of non-formal education - the possibility of psychological protection from the destructive influence of society, as in the development of their cognitive activity, a person can realize him/herself, his/her positive attitude to the surrounding world, him/herself and other people...." read more (ua)
