Abstract
The author analyzed the functions of social units, how adult education serves community, and how non-adult education organizations in community can become adult education sites and provide adult educational services to community. The author argues that community is an open site for adult education; analyzing how adult education serves community and how non-adult education organizations interrelate to adult education will help us locate the adult education opportunities in community and fully integrate the learning resources in community into adult education activities.
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Recommended Citation
Chang, B.
(2014).
Community as an Open Site of Adult Education.
Adult Education Research Conference.
https://newprairiepress.org/aerc/2014/papers/17
Community as an Open Site of Adult Education
The author analyzed the functions of social units, how adult education serves community, and how non-adult education organizations in community can become adult education sites and provide adult educational services to community. The author argues that community is an open site for adult education; analyzing how adult education serves community and how non-adult education organizations interrelate to adult education will help us locate the adult education opportunities in community and fully integrate the learning resources in community into adult education activities.
