Introduction to Adult Education
Study Cycle: 1
Lectures: 60
Seminars: 0
Tutorials: 0
ECTS credit: 5
Lecturer(s): prof. dr. Ličen Nives
Concepts and theories in adult education.
Development of adult education (history).
Different phases of andragogic process (needs analysis, planning, organizing, teaching and learning methods, evaluation).
Target groups in adult education (the unemployed, women, young adults, adults with special needs).
Learning in adulthood: selected theories of learning.
Providers and different fields of adult education.
Forms of adult education (study circles, community education, and center for autonomous learning...)
● Merriam, S. B. in Bierema, L. L. (2014). Adult Learning. Linking Theory and Practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. ID=172089091
● Ličen, N. (2020). Kompendij. Študijsko gradivo za predmet Obča andragogiko. Ljubljana: Filozofska fakulteta, Oddelek za pedagogiko in andragogiko. ID=173414147
● Ličen, N. (2009). Uvod v izobraževanje odraslih. Ljubljana: Filozofska fakulteta. ID=245207296
● Rocco, T., Smith, C., Mizzi, R., Merriweather, L. in Hawley, J. (ur.). (2021). The Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education. Sterling: American Association of Adult and Continuing Education. ID=52944899
Relevant articles accesible in libraries and on the web.