Sunday, January 13, 2008


Importance of Workshops on Adult Education

When we think about adult education, we often picture out the students schooled yearly at the age of late 60’s or 50’s. Capping with their white hairs, all of them seriously listened to their instructor’s discussion. Often sometimes, this myth is true. Persons who stop their school at the early age and don’t have the right time continuing it during his/her youthful days is considered adult in education when they think of continuing it during his/her present age. Though there are significant reasons, why these people have not inclined their education they still have many chances to continue it. Age doesn’t matter when it comes to education;


Sometimes, we ought to think that individuals with their late age who have not continue their education are those who have not done good in their school before, some maybe true but oftentimes not. Others think that adult education is good only for those who have really not reach their high school or college level which is definitely wrong. There are professionals who involved themselves in classes as their second course, some involved thru it because they need the education for their business or jobs purposes. Most of the instructors of adult education are also at their age level since they can interact with each other professionally.


The workshops are conducted for those adults who are more eager to learn new technologies and things.

Considering the fact that these people are more mature about their environment, there would be a good give and take relationship happen between the educator and the adult students since they both know the surroundings around them, they have a lot of learning from their previous experiences and it would be a good factor when they share it in the workshop with regards to their discussion. One good advantage of conducting workshop on adults because they are more serious than those youthful age, they share what they know in a professional way and answer questions in a serious way.


The workshop conducted on the adults are related to the introducing emerging technologies , theories and systems to them and whatever learning they get, they applied it to their every day leisure or applied it planning to venture their own business. Whatever they learned from the workshopl they used it in so many good ways. Much good if the adult student is professional in his current life and just taking the workshop because he/she just wanted to enhance more his knowledge and to learn new trend in life, these people have much more knowledge and are expected to have more shares in workshop and participation. Adult ones were sometimes ashamed going back to school because of their late age but for workshop they are always ready to learn .

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