Recommendations of UNESCO General Conference 19th session "On the Development of Adult Education", 1976, Nairobi
Recommendations of UNESCO General Conference 38th session “On Adult Learning and Education”, 2015, Paris.
As can be seen from the above definition, the term "adult education" has not only been
enriched, but also, first and foremost, has evolved, including one more word - "learning", that
in the Russian language style does not allow to notice a significant difference, but in English it
is sensible and shows the shift of the semantic focus to the component of each person's own
participation in constant filling knowledge gap and updating skills, since "learning" interprets
the process of education as conscious, without external pedagogical impact. This implies
particular position of an adult student who more often "learns independently" than "is being
taught by someone" and is now seen as a full participant in the educational process
independently determining by whom, where, what and how he will be taught to fulfil his life
objectives and plans.
Since ALE covers the longest period of a person's life, it is considered to be the key component
of the LLL concept. In addition, challenges of our time, technological progress, as well as the
need for fast adaptation to a rapidly changing environment make the ALE one of the most
important factors in the development of society, requiring each person to constantly update
knowledge and retrain to meet the requirements and Zeitgeist («learning to know, learning to
do, learning to live together, learning to live"). Thus, ALE on the one hand, being a subsector
of education, at the same time becomes a part of everyday life of every adult and should be
included in the list of priority tasks of each government.
After the LLL concept became a paradigm at the global level and was reflected in the
Sustainable Development Goals (
SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and
promote lifelong learning opportunities for all)
, the importance of the ALE increased even more.
UN Member States have committed themselves to SDG implementation, which implies, among
other things, the alignment and / or development of their national ALE systems. It is necessary
to take into account the specifics of this subsector, its functions, semantic (thematic) areas and
existing kinds within the national context.
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