ADULT LEARNING

Adult Learning: Theories, Assumptions, and Perspectives



Adult Learning: Theories, Assumptions, and Perspectives

Introduction

Adult education and training is an important element of the life-time accumulation of human capital. As much as one half of lifetime human capital is accumulated in the period after formal schooling, i.e. through adult education and training (Heckman, 1999). In the following section, the research paper would primarily focus on significance of adult education from learner's point of view.

Discussion

One of the major forces in the field of adult learning in the 20th Century was Malcom Knowles. He developed a model of adult learning based on six characteristics ...