Edukacja dorosłych jako działalność społeczno-oświatowa

• Authors: Józef Półturzycki

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ADULT EDUCATION AS SOCIAL MOVEMENT

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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In the process of adult education development next levels of educational activity and organization appeared. It begun with adult teaching, literacy, knowledge popularization, attempt to earn a degree. But since conference in Tokio (1972) theoretical and social issues of the process have been underlined to shape practice and theory of adult education. In the paper definitions of adult education are analyzed given by R. Wroczyński, W. Okoń, F. Urbańczyk, H. Radlińska as well as foreign authors, recommendations of adult education conferences in Tokio, Exeter, Paris extended in Hamburg and Belem. To understand modern changes in adult education conference in Lublana is essential, where outstanding specialists analyzed term “adult education” and gave new meaning to it. They also underlined that adult education is also a social movement, gathering people interested in development of this kind of activity, graduates and promoters of different forms of adult education. Author presents two examples of this. The first one is adult education practice in Sweden, where 13 education societies acts to develop adult education. The second one is the Great Britain where WEA (Working Education Association) is specially successful. Is was founded in 1903 to educate workers and now it helps to educate different social groups. This year WEA celebrates 110th anniversary and develops British adult education providing 30% of all adult education activities. It also organizes conferences, publishes books and periodicals, develops international cooperation. Also WEA’s branches developed in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries like Sweden where ABF acts since 1912 or Norway. Social aspect of adult education is important for institutional development, organization of regional and international cooperation and recommendations for successful adult education promotion and advancement in global perspective. Former recommendations were sustained and enriched at CONFINTEA VI in Belem in 2009.

Keywords

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ADULT EDUCATION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; INTERNACIONAL ADULT EDUCATION CONFERENCES; EDUCATIONAL SOCIETIES; WEA; ABF

• Publisher: Akademickie Towarzystwo Andragogiczne
• Journal: Rocznik Andragogiczny
• Year: 2012
• Volume: R. 2012
• Pages: 23-62

Contributors

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Józef Półturzycki

• Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydzial Pedagogiczny, ul. Mokotowska 16/20, 00-561 Warszawa, Poland