Introduction to Adult Education

Andragogy as scientific discipline.
Adult education as professional field.
Concept of adulthood. Characteristics of adults.
Learning in adulthood and existential themes.
Adult education and the concept of lifelong learning.

Theories of adult education and different authors: history of adult education.

Adult education and continuing education in the context of change (cultural, social, biological, technological).
Fields of adult education and different providers.

Selected monograph topics: contemporary issues (e.g. literacy, migration and migrant education, multiculturalism, learning organization, older adult education, education for sustainable development).

Rocco, T., Smith, C., Mizzi, R., Merriweather, L., Hawley, J. (ur.). (2021). The Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education. Sterling: American Association of Adult and Continuing Education. ID=52944899
Ličen, N. (2009). Uvod v izobraževanje odraslih. Ljubljana: Filozofska fakulteta. ID=245207296
Ličen, N. (2020). Kompendij. Šudijsko gradivo za predmet Obča andragogiko. Ljubljana: Filozofska fakulteta, Oddelek za pedagogiko in andragogiko. Dostopno v spletni učilnici
Ličen, N. (2020). Raziskovalnice. Študijsko gradivo za seminar pri predmetu Obča andragogika. Ljubljana: Filozofska fakulteta, Oddelek za pedagogiko in andragogiko. ID=65424994
Merriam, S., Bierema, L. (2014). Adult Learning. Linking Theory and Practice. San Francisco: Jossey Bass NAROČENO

Relevant articles accesible in libraries and on the web.