Adult Education - Assignment

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Added on 2020-04-21

Adult Education - Assignment

Added on 2020-04-21

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Running head: ADULT EDUCATIONADULT EDUCATIONName of the Student:Name of the University:Authors Note:

1ADULT EDUCATIONEducation aims in the overall development of the personality of a human being. The rightto education is not just applicable for children and young people. Adults can too learn and enrichtheir capabilities, as gaining knowledge is a never-ending process (Knowles, Holton & Swanson,2014). Mature people can develop their prized skills and raise their standard of living throughcontinuing education irrespective of their age.Adult education helps in the betterment of the society as it facilitates active citizenship(Lindeman, 2015). After continuing education, the confidence level of the people increases witha sense of dignity. Even though people are old enough to learn, vote or work can continueeducation. Adult education can be developed in various forms, which involves both informal andformal education, first, through vocational trainings and adult literacy programmes, for peoplewho want to gain knowledge in professional fields. For example attending seminars, workshops,part-time classes, classroom teaching and online courses would guide them to apply for a jobthey ever wished. Educating adults plays a crucial role in decreasing the rate of illiteracy (Usher& Bryant, 2014). Secondly, adult education can be developed in the society in the form of raisingawareness on health and proper hygiene. Imparting education to the people about parenting andchildcare in today times is beneficial for the society. For example, through clinical education, theadults can learn new techniques and training programmes for self-aid and nursing. The adultsshould also be educated about the importance of family planning and measures to control the riseof population in future (Knowles, Holton & Swanson, 2014).Moreover, setting up medical camps in the area for health awareness that requires directinvolvement of the local adults would prove to be a great help in imparting knowledge to thepeople and raising the standard of living. Thirdly, an adult can pursue their education for self-fulfillment of their personal desire at any age. Education in theatres, music, cooking, dance,literature and art should have special classes and different shifts for adults according to theirpreferences. This would further help in personal enrichment of the people and would further helpin effective participation in social life. Lastly, educating the adults regarding communitydevelopments, national and international level affairs would increase their encouragement inparticipating actively in politics and voting resulting in positive outcome (Lindeman, 2015).Education empowers the adults to evaluate, understand and transform the nation into a betterplace to live (Boud, Cohen & Sampson, 2014). To guide the future generation, education is vital

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