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INTRODUCTION
“Aneconomiccrisis,aneedfornewskillsandtheconsequencesofdemographic
changes,whichEuropehastoface,emphasizeakeyroleofadulteducationin
thestrategiesofconstanteducationasanelementofpoliciesofcompetitiveness
andemployment,socialinclusionandactivecitizenship.1Tisopinionofthe
CouncilofEuropehasitsgroundsinthedatacollectedbythe2013Growth
Survey,whichconfirms“thekeyroleofeducationasamajorfactorofdevelop-
mentandcompetitiveness.2
Adulteducationisaconstantlyexpandingareaofresearch,adevelopingthe-
orywithneweldsofeducationalpractices,andisoneofthemostdynamically
developingdisciplinesintheareaofeducationalsciences.
Tisbook,whichistheresultofcooperationbetweenthescientistsofthe
UniversityofLjubljanaandtheJagiellonianUniversityinCracow,presents
selectedexamplesofthecurrentdevelopmentofadulteducationasascientific
discipline.Itencompassesnotonlysignificantissuesfromthestandpointof
economyinthescopeofkeycompetences,butalsoconceptsrelatedtothesocial,
cultural,scientific,artisticandcommonschooling,leadingtomorecompre-
hensivepersonaldevelopmentandraisingthequalityoflife.
ApresentationoftextsbySlovenianandPolishauthorswasconductedon
thethreeinterrelatedandcomplementingplanes,whichencompassnewareas,
institutionalcontextandpracticesoflifelonglearning.
Teterm“area”isassociatedwitharelativelydefinedcollectionofissuesthat
mayconstitutethecurrent,oratleastpotentialsubjectofresearchandpedago-
gicalactivities.A“newarea”doesnothavetobeacompletelyunknownarea.
Contemporarypedagogydealswithsomanyareasthatitwouldbehardtond
ablankspaceonthemappresentingthem.A“novelty”ofsomeoftheseareascan
benoticedonlywhenwelookatthemfromtheperspectiveoflifelonglearning.
Adulteducation,whichisresponsibleforsatisfyingsignificantneedsthat
occurinafastchangingreality,isfrequentlyperformedinaninformalway
asaresultofspontaneous,socialandindividuallearning.Itssignificanceis
1http:llec.europa.euleducationllifelong-learning-policyladult_en.htm
2CouncilConclusionsoninvestingineducationandtraining-aresponseto‘RethinkingEdu-
cation:Investinginskillsforbettersocioeconomicoutcomes’andthe‘2013AnnualGrowthSurvey’
OfcialJournaloftheEuropeanUnion,C64l6l05.03.2013.