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Adult Education: Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals

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Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

Synonyms

Continuing education; Lifelong education; Lifelong learning (LLL); Second chance education

Definitions

According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), adult education is an education targeting mainly adult individuals (a person who already reached the age, when he/she is responsible for their actions) who aim to enhance their technical and/or professional qualifications, develop their skills and competencies, and enrich their knowledge. It can have several objectives (UIS 2011):

  • Completing a formal education

  • Acquiring skills and competencies in a completely new area

  • Refreshing their knowledge in a particular field of their specialization

Introduction

Adult education plays a key role in sustainable development and promotes economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development and creates favorable conditions for empowering global active citizens. It plays a significant role in economic growth and in social and personal development. Its main social...

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    Gunay Faradova

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. European School of Sustainability Science and Research, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökçin Özuyar

  5. University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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  1. Indira Gandhi National Open University, Regional Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Umesh Chandra Pandey

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Faradova, G. (2020). Adult Education: Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Quality Education. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95870-5_1

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