This is a presentation I prepared for class presentation

1. Role of Social Worker
in
Adult Education
By
Amit Kumar Yadav
amit.sowk@gmail.com
School of Social Work
Roshni Nilaya
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2. Adult Education
• Adult engage in systematic and sustained Learning activities
• Gain new form of ASK (Attitude, Skills and knowledge) and values
• Merriam & Brockett (1997)
"...we define adult education as activities intentionally designed for the
purpose of bringing about learning among those whose age, social
roles, or self-perception define them as adults."
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3. Perspective of Adult Education
• Courtney (1989: 17-23)
• The Work of certain institutions and organizations
• A special kind of relationship
• A profession or scientific Relationship
• Steaming form a historical identification with spontaneous social
movement
• Distinct from other kinds of education
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4. The work of certain institution and
organization
• Shaped by the activities of key
organization like I/N/GOs
A special kind of relationship
• Engage in part of everyday living
• The process of managing the
external conditions that facilitate
the internal change
• Relationship that involves a
conscious effort to learn something
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5. A profession or scientific Relationship
• Training or preparation
• Specialized body of knowledge
• The way in which adults are
encourage to learn and aided in
that learning is the single most
significant ingredient of adult
education as profession
Steaming form a historical identification
with spontaneous social movement
• Adult education can be
approached as a quality
emerging through developing
activities of unionism, political
parties and social-movement like
in India, Independent
movement, women movement,
Dalit movement and so on
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6. Distinct from other kind of Education
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7. Principles of Adult
education
• They will only learn they are
internally feel to learn
• They learn when they feel they
need to learn
• Active participation is essential
• Adult learning is problem based
and those problem must be
realistic. Finding solution to
Problem
• Cant made to learn
• Practical
• Learn by doing
• Realistic
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8. Adult education in India
• Provided night schools
• Almost all over the India
• The government launched the program of Social Education under the
Community Development Program in 1952, as a part of the first Five
Year Plan
• Recent, The Government launched “National Literacy Mission” for
spreading education
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9. Strengths and Weakness of Adult education in
India
Strengths
• Women motivation and
Participation
• Coverage weaker section of
Society
• Positive impact in society
• Feasible Program
• Program worked well
Weakness
• Poor Training quality
• Poor learning Environment
• Lack of Media Support
• Not encouraged by Volunteer
agencies
• No linkage between literacy,
post-literacy, follow-up and
continuing education
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10. Role of Social Worker
• Raise awareness to realize
• Formulate youth Groups
• Teacher
• An administrator
• Focus on skill based training
• Help to design the curriculum
• Trainer
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11. Acknowledgement
• Sebestian sir
• www.google.com
• www.linkedin.com
• www.swnepal.blogspot.com
• PG Groups
• Classmates
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12. Thank You One and ALL
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