ADULT EDUCATION AS A COMPONENT LIFELONG LEARNING

Abstract

The article deals with such phenomena as «adult education» and «lifelong learning». The author starts from the thesis that «adult education» is an integral part of the «lifelong learning» concept. A key point of this idea is that nowadays education is not only a tool to achieve a certain status, but also one of the most important components of human development. To reveal the main aspects of the topic, the attention was concentrated on attributes of adult education, its purposes, types, and tasks. In conclusion, the main focus is on public policy implementation in the field of education and an important role of the objective-subjective, internal and external factors, and the nature of their impact on the education system.