Shifts in the field of the adult education. On training paths for adult educators

Abstract

In contemporary times the adult education field faces relevant shifts leading
to the emergence of tensions and dilemmas that force its reconfiguration.
Therefore, several problems rise in what adult educators’ training is concerned,
mainly these induced by the prevalence of certain forms of training.
Searching for innovative ways of conceiving and developing adult educators
training, the Unit for Adult Education of the University of Minho joined the
project A Good Adult Educator in Europe (AGADE). In this paper, the
authors wish to present six principles by which a disposal of adult educators
training can be based on.