Kształcenie dorosłych w ujęciu porównawczym i jego rola w procesie budowania bezpieczeństwa personalnego

Abstract

Adult education is the practice of teaching and educating adults. This often happens in the workplace trough "extension" or "continuing education" courses at secondary schools, at a college or university. Adult education is the necessary element building a personal and structural safety process. Lifelong learning is the necessary instrument of achieving the subjectivity in the world. I substantiate this thesis in the following aspects: a) a view on adult education in international comparative research; b) a significance of continuing education, distance learning, lifelong learning and open university for modern society; c) a comparative analysis of adult education in developed countries.