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Adult Learning is a practitioner-oriented journal published by the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education. It is designed for adult educators to provide articles that approach practice issues with a problem-solving emphasis. The audience for Adult Learning includes all individuals who design, manage, teach, conduct, and evaluate programs of adult and continuing education.

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1. Adult education is the process whereby adults engage in systematic and sustained learning activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values. Adult education can take place in the workplace, through "extension" school or "school of continuing education". ...

Adult education is about making changes in our attitude, knowledge, behaviour, skills and thinking process as well as productivity.[1] These changes allow for the adult learner to become confident in learning as they are making the decision to further their education. Adult education can take place in the workplace, through "extension" school (e.g., Harvard Extension) or "school of continuing education" (e.g., Columbia School of Continuing Education). Other learning places include community colleges, folk high schools, colleges and universities, libraries, and lifelong learning centers. Pursing learning opportunities allows adults to be immersed in professional development. For example, job acquisition, job retention, improvements in their current job, promotions or better alternatives all provide the adult learner with growth opportunities.[2] According to theorist Malcolm Knowles, andragogy means the process of adult cognition over the content of teaching.[3] It is important for the adult learners to connect their life experiences to their learning environment. This allows for the learners to think critically, creatively, deeply and analytically as they bring a wealth of experience and build understanding of the world around...