On the Features Status and Role of Adult Education

Abstract. The 21st century，education lifelong education system is an important component. Adult education is to develop the economic and social and educational development of a major guidelines. Adhere to the policy of vigorously developingeducation is to cultivate a large number of China's modernization of high-quality professionals generally improve the quality of workers and the inevitable requirement. Adult education in promoting reform and development process， we should adhere to academic education and non- academic education combined， adhere to school education and social， family， and other forms of education combined， multi-level， multi-form， multi-channel development ofeducation， open up diverse talent growth path， establish and improve the system of lifelong education， to promote China's economic and social development and make new contributions.

Key words：education and social development of lifelong education

Adult education is the development of human society to a certain historical stage of the product of social， political， economic， cultural and constant change under a new educational forms. It refers to a purposeful， planned， organized educational process， regardless of their content， level， methods how is the formal or informal， whether a continuation or replace schools and universities as well as the preliminary education in the enterprise apprenticeship， through this educational process， so that members of society who are treated as adults increase their abilities， enrich knowledge， improve the technical and professional qualifications， or so they turned to a new direction in the development of human life， a comprehensive socio-economic development and participation and cultural development of two aspects of a balanced and independent， so that their attitudes and behavior have been changed. Construction of the new era in the implementation of sustainable development strategies， building lifelong education system， building a learning society， the status ofeducation is bound to be further improved.

With China's accession to WTO， foreign capital also led to the education city infiltrated， social education and private schools are springing up， new educational philosophy， school of thought， educational methods and new educational conception of qualified personnel， the formation of theconcept of quality Education powerful impact. We must be based on objective requirements of the new situation of the new features ofeducation， continuing emancipate the mind， deepen the reform ofeducation， to adapt to society and the market foreducation.

First， Aneducation characteristics of the times

1.sex. From the age level，education objects are adults， they are different status， learning different purposes. Specific performance：

（1）students diversification. Foreducation students are workers， farmers， businessmen， young people in society， employees， soldiers， officers， managers， teachers， students and so on. They are distributed in all levels of society， engaged in different occupations， have their own circle of life， so loving personality， personal skills， knowledge， experience is rich and varied.

（2）learning objectives diversification. Currently enrolled instudents handful is to simply get a certificate to learn， they have plenty to learn more knowledge and skills， some to get a certificate， while increasing their own in the talent market， the core competitiveness， there is to continue after a foundation for further study. Learning objectives of diversification， is bound to bring motivation and effectiveness differences.

（3）training objectives diversification. Social demand for talent determines the overall framework of personnel training objectives. China's accession to WTO， the social division of labor is getting smaller， the demand for talent is also showing a diverse， complex features. Application-oriented society， the operator， skilled personnel training， mainly througheducation to complete. It is the diversity of social demand for talent will inevitably require the diversification of training objectives.

（4）the diversification of forms of teaching. There are full-timeeducation， semi- full-time， amateur， evening， correspondence， web-based training， distance education and other forms of teaching， but only a small part of the students on campus to complete their studies， mostly in school or the teaching point correspondence Station completed， teaching when relatively few available books and teaching equipment less communication between students and teachers and fewer of these objectively to bring a lot ofstudents learn adverse factors. It is the diversification of forms of teaching will inevitably require educational institutions in teaching methods， management methods， examination methods and other aspects of the reform， flexible and innovative in order to ensure the quality ofeducation.

2. marketability. Adult education and schools， training institutions in order to develop faster and better， we must adapt to market needs， with the market， cultivate a distinctive talent. In joining the WTO this grim situation， our country 'seducation and training， should also update their concepts. First， we haveeducation investment， investment in human resources is no longer a consumer-oriented investment， but an investment in production. To survive and develop， it is necessary to carry out intellectual investment. Second， includingeducation， including all training and educational activities should be carried out around the economic activity. In accordance with the laws of the market， and businesses need to work closely together， to the needs of enterprises for the first needs to be trained. Schools and businesses to strengthen the strategic alliance， in training and teaching， research and development， consulting， etc.， to strengthen cooperation and enhance its services， is a development direction. Third， the concept ofeducation and training must be innovative， forms must be diversified approach must beflexible. When carrying out education and training activities， we must strengthen the relevance and practicality. For example：education professional settings should be closely linked to training objectives， reflect the needs of the community ； curriculum design to fully embody the characteristics of Adult Education classes ； Textbook properly handle the relationship between theory and application ； strengthen practical teaching， engage in more practice， trainee， experiment， practice， productive labor， social practice and other activities ； educational activities in the daily course content and implementation of quality education.

3. social service.

Community service is an important feature ofeducation，education is the fundamental task oflearning services， it points to is everylearners. Adult education should serve the social and economic development， comprehensive human development andeducation three aspects of their own development.

Second， the status ofeducation

In recent years， regular higher education toeducation enrollment huge impact on enrollment，education students in general dropped， the distribution of students is also growing internal imbalances， popular professional Fortunately， the general professional unsustainable， popular professional few. Currently，education mainly by Top high equipment， teachers and all forces to school， and therefore lead to poor school conditions， investment in human and financial resources are scarce， and even theeducation as a means of income generation. Adult education and non- diploma education structure is irrational， the high proportion of academic education， non- academic education is not enough， this does not help improve the system of lifelong education. Adult education school when basically copied general high school system， did not consider inter-regional， inter-regional， inter- urban and rural educational imbalances， resulting in a regional Adult Higher Learning mode constitutes unreasonable. The diversification of Adult Higher Learning effective solution to the state's lack of investment ineducation school for some members with opportunities for continuing education， but the main body of each school fragmented， relatively closed and a single， very difficult to achieve a reasonable sharing of educational resources. Adult education curriculum development and practice requires significant discord， theoretical knowledge too much， too little practical knowledge， curriculum single structure， knowledge divide too small， the majority ofeducation classes continue to build discipline system， curricula， textbooks were not reflected Adult educational characteristics.

Third， theeducation reform and innovation

Control the characteristics ofeducation，education for the status quo，education reform and innovation is imperative. Adult Education and social development very closely， we organize educational institutions ofeducation is to theresponsible， socially responsible， while effectively promoting the harmonious development of the individual and society. Therefore， we believe that education should be the main goal ofeducation，education content， method three aspects ofeducation reforms， give full play to enhance thevocationaleducation， and promote the sustainable development of socio-economic and cultural features.

Elements of professional competence consists of four parts ： Occupation knowledge， professional skills， professional attitude， vocational aptitude. Adult education curriculum development should these four factors into account， around thevocational desired designs. Development programs must be linked andvocational and professional organizations need to have good communication. Foreigneducation researchers believe ： In addition to skills training for labor outside the critical consciousness of human resources in the industry related to the inspired， not only in the professional training which should develop extensive knowledge of professional employees， employees should cultivate talent and operated talent， we call it success. However， we must also develop the skills of the middle， that is， communication， leadership， interpersonal relationships， and other aspects of expressive skills. On the other hand， attitude， enthusiasm， or way of thinking is also essential training， which is something you confidence， positive， enthusiastic work attitude， allowing employees to invest completely， if an employee can have a cheerful mood， helping attitude， good attitude to face all the things that the probability of success will be very large. In short， to achieve the purpose ofeducation，education， vocational play function， the key is the correct arrangement ofeducation content.

Select the method ofeducation，vocational ability to serve as a starting point to enhance. Course objectives can be effectively met， the choice of teaching methods is essential. Modern practice ofeducation at home and abroad， the commonly used dozens of different kinds of teaching methods， how to choose the right method of teaching and learning based on the following three principles：

First， and consistent with the principles oflearning. Adult learning principles include： causes motivation， encourage participation， individual， and promote mobility， interactivity five aspects. For different learning principles should choose a different teaching methods， for example， a lecture method and interactive learning motivation caused the better， but in encouraging participation， and promoting the migration of individual aspects of weak case analysis is very encouraging participation well， other aspects better. Adult teaching methods have a better game method， role playing method， discussion method， simulation method， film and video， sensitivity training method， and so on.

Second， consistent with the type of learner. Choice of methods， but also pay attention to the type and degree of matching between the learner. For example， for a higher enthusiasm and ability to participate learners should be possible to select those able to motivate them to actively participate， able or between learners and instructors due to interaction between the learner and learning methods such as gaming law. Conversely， a low level of participation for those learners， if also use the same method， it may backfire. Therefore， the choice of teaching and learning methods must be consistent with the type of learner， this so-called individualized also.

Three is consistent with the type of learning. Types of learning motor skills， interpersonal communication， management skills， knowledge， attitudes. Expert studies show that different teaching and learning methods have different application results. For example， the role-playing method， discussion method， film and video France to adapt to various types of learning， the effect is very good.

In addition， the selection method should reflect theeducation learner as the main feature. Choice of methods in teaching and learning as the learner to consider the views. Survey results show that ： thelearner is looking forward to teaching mode - student self-oriented accounting 6 %， teacher face to face mainly accounted for 25%， instructor-led and self-study combined accounted for 69%； interested in teaching methods is ： case studies， experience sharing， interactive communication. The most unpopular is the traditional way of teaching students by teachers speaking courses ceremony.

Four，education role in promoting social development

As a lifelong education system， one of the four forms of education adult education is also an important part of the modernization of education， the rapid development in science and technology， knowledge increasingly updates， frequent exchange of information today，education has become a global movement， and more and more deeply concerned about the people， it is in the process of social development role played increasingly prominent.

First，education in promoting economic development， improve the level of social productivity， accelerate modernization plays a decisive role. Since the object ofeducation is a social service types， practitioners， they are bound to accept the result of education directly and effectively improve the quality of their technical expertise， improve the quality of workers and direct role in the improvement of productivity， thus contributing to labor productivity and economic efficiency. Throughcontinuing education，education students to learn new knowledge and understanding of the new information and acquire new technology to overcome the knowledge of aging and structural lack proactively adapt to social development.

Secondly，education for social construction of spiritual civilization has a huge boost. Today's world， peace and development remain the two major themes is that countries are trying to develop the economy and to modernize. The highly civilized and democratic development and improvement of the legal community is an important indicator of a country's modernization， which depends on the state of education for every citizen. Adult students througheducation initiative to improve its way of morality， civilization consciousness and discipline， the level of scientific life. Therefore，education in the civic sense of democracy， the legal system has played an extremely important role. Adult education in the promotion of cultural construction of modern society also has an essential role. Modern progress， the emergence of the knowledge economy， information society， is bound to create a new culture and improve the cultural quality of the majority of citizens. Therefore， to remove "functional" illiteracy， building a modern culture， is a major issue facingeducation， but also its important aspect of promoting social development.

Finally，education is an important component of lifelong education in promoting educational reform， building a learning society plays an important role. The modern education system is to lifelong education， diversity and social direction of development， establish and improve the education system in favor of lifelong learning for all types of community members to provide multi-level， diversified educational services have become the trend in today's world， education， as an important part of lifelong educationeducation is bound to play its unique role.

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