The Professional Development of Adult Educators: The Case of the Lifelong Learning Centres (L.L.C) in the Prefecture of Evros, Greece
Keywords:
Adult educators; Skills; Education; Training; Professional development; Certification of qualifications; Lifelong Learning CentresAbstract
The purpose of the present study was to record the opinions of
the Greek adult educators who were occupied in the Lifelong Learning
Centres in the Prefecture of Evros during the academic year of 2016-
2017, in relation to the concept of the professional development. The
partial aims of this specific research were: the recording and comparison
of their individual aspects regarding the skills, the training, the
professional development as well as the certification of qualifications
that modern adult educators should obtain. In order for the research to
be realised and for the interpretation of the data the qualitative method
was selected. This became feasible by individual interviewing on ten
adult educators, who cooperated with the Lifelong Learning Centres
existing in the Municipality of Alexandroupolis and the Municipality of
Orestiada. After monitoring the participants‟ viewpoint, the collected
data showed that there was certain converge relating the derived results
around the skills that characterize an adult educator. The general
opinion in the total of the educators was estimated encouraging
regarding their professional development while simultaneously the
latter proved to possess great potential progress. Although the majority
of the adult educators took part in continuous educational programs,
they found them someway insufficient. In conclusion, it was obvious
that the overwhelming majority of the participants did not certify their
qualifications.
https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.16.11.5
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