S

Is training adult

education?

“Training is learning to think like someone else and adult education is

learning to think for yourself.”

In other words, it is the difference between know how and know why.

Why does it matter?

Learning

S Training – acquisition of knowledge, skills and

competencies as a result of teaching practical or

vocational skills that relate to specific competencies

S Know How

S Adult Education – practice of teaching and educating

adults

S Know Why

S Andragogyvs Pedagogy

S Yourself vsSpoon feeding

Is Training Adult Education?

Sort Of!

S Training can be a portion of adult education, but adult education itself is not training.

S Training is measured by competencies, what you can do, and is typically focused on specific skills

S Adult education is a transfer of knowledge from teacher to student, typically measured by time

Does it really matter?

“Real voyage in discovery consists not in

seeking new lands, but in seeing with new

eyes.”

– Marcel Proust

What the goal should be is to incorporate new learning with

indigenous knowledge to create a more reactive, effective

society.

Questions to Answer

What is learning? What is the relationship between

learning and doing? Can they be separated?

There is a direct relationship between doing a

learning.

Questions to Answer

Is LLL Always a Political Project?

No, it may be political, it may not. It’s purely

circumstantial based on availability, support,

development, etc.

Questions to Answer

What is the connection between LLL in the articles

and globalization?

LLL is a tool placed in societal context in the

articles that are framed inside globalization.