Adult Education and Lifelong Learning Concepts

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What is the primary focus of adult education?

  • Entertainment events
  • Culinary experiences
  • Transfer of knowledge and acquisition (correct)
  • Sports activities

According to Durkó Mátyás, where does adult education fit?

  • Specifically within primary school settings
  • Outside any educational framework
  • Exclusively in vocational training programs
  • Within the system of permanent cultivation (correct)

What is Durkó Mátyás's main goal for education?

  • To follow traditions
  • To memorize facts
  • To develop personality (correct)
  • To win competitions

What is formal learning typically recognized by?

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Where does non-formal learning usually occur?

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Where can non-formal learning take place?

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What characterizes informal learning?

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Is informal learning always a conscious process?

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What concept is closely related to informal learning?

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Which of the following is a type of autonomous learning?

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Flashcards

What is Felnőttképzés?

Felnőttképzés is defined as a deliberate development activity. It focuses on improving specific skills, offering training, advanced training and retraining in a narrower sense.

What is permanens művelődés?

Durkó defines permanens művelődés as the acquisition of cultural values and products through different activities, either spontaneously or deliberately, which leads to the individual's formation and development in optimal conditions.

What is permanens nevelés?

According to Durkó, permanens nevelés is a specific, targeted part of the global permanens művelődés. He interprets this as a human development (anthropagogical) concept.

What is the main goal of education?

According to Durkó Mátyás's educational concept, it is the development of the personality. It is defined as the extent to which education can integrate into the individuals conscious personality formation process.

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What is formal learning?

Formal learning, recognised with certificates and qualifications, occurs within educational and training institutions.

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What is non-formal learning?

Non-formal learning takes place alongside formal education and is generally not officially certified.

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What is informal learning?

Informal learning is a natural part of everyday life. It is generally subconscious with skills gained incidentally.

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What is Autodidakta tanulás?

Autodidakta tanulás is a term related to autonomous learning. Examples include self-teaching, self-development, self-directed learning and self-education.

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Study Notes

  • Adult education focuses on knowledge transfer and acquisition
  • Adult education is a deliberate development activity
  • It prioritizes the development of specific competencies and includes professional training, further training, and retraining in a narrower sense (Benedek - Csoma - Harangi 2002)
  • Mátyás Durkó places adult education within the system of lifelong learning
  • Lifelong learning involves the acquisition of cultural goods and products through various activities, either spontaneously, incidentally, or deliberately
  • It leads to the individual's development under specific, optimal conditions, enrichment, and growth (Durkó, 1999)
  • Durkó considers lifelong learning as the global whole, with lifelong education as its specific, deliberate, and developmental part
  • Lifelong education is interpreted as a fundamental concept of human education (anthropagogy)
  • According to Mátyás Durkó's educational concept, the main goal of education is the development of the personality
  • The overall system of influences on personality formation determines how well education integrates into the conscious process of personality development
  • Ensuring the integration of education's three areas (formal, non-formal, informal) is crucial for the development of the personality (Durkó 2000)
  • An important aspect of the European Commission Memorandum on Lifelong Learning (2000) is that it highlighted the importance of different forms/modes of learning
  • It places equal emphasis on formal education alongside non-formal and informal learning
  • Formal learning takes place in educational and training institutions and is recognized with a diploma or qualification
  • Non-formal learning occurs alongside the regular education and training systems and is generally not recognized with official certification
  • Non-formal learning can take place in the workplace or within civil society organizations and groups
  • It can also occur through organizations or services that complement the formal system
  • Informal learning is a natural part of everyday life
  • Unlike formal and non-formal learning, informal learning is not necessarily conscious, and individuals may not even recognize their knowledge and skills development
  • The concept of autonomous learning is linked to informal learning
  • The term autonomous learning appears frequently in the literature with slight differences in content
  • Some characteristic names appear in the writings of some well-known researchers, or in their translations: (quoted by Forray-Juhász 2008)
    • Self-taught learning
    • Independent learning
    • Self-improvement
    • Self-directed learning
    • Unintentional learning (mainly a side effect of translations)
    • Self-education
    • Self-cultivation, self-education

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