By the end of the course you will have acquired:

1. Subject Knowledge and Understanding

   The ability to:

   • Discuss principles of formal and non-formal adult and community-based education, training and development;
   • Identify issues and mapped debates relevant to formal and non-formal adult education, training and development;
   • Discuss relevant local and European policies and related documentation relevant to lifelong learning, training and development; and
   • Identify intersections between adult and community-based education with social-economic, cultural and learning differences.

Knowledge about and skills related to:

• Andragogy and Geragogy;
• Curriculum design, development and evaluation;
• Assessment of different adult learning activities;
• Intergenerational learning contexts;
• Learning in older adulthood;
• Teaching and learning with adults associated with vulnerability / risk (women, LGBTIQ, migrants, persons with disability, older adults etc.);
• Prison education and reintegration;
• Education for Sustainable Development;
• Teaching and learning in vocational contexts;
• Teaching and learning in professional development contexts;
• Teaching and learning in civil society contexts;
• Teaching and learning in cultural and artistic contexts;
• Teaching and learning literacy (alphabetical, digital, financial, health) and numeracy in adulthood and older adulthood;
• Online teaching and learning for adults and older adults;
• Researching, writing and presenting academic work related to adult and community-based education, training and development; and
• Marketing adult learning initiatives.


2. Intellectual Development

   The focus of the course will be on Higher Order Intellectual Development (HOID), including problemposing, critical inquiry, creative thinking, statistical analysis, context-analysis, needs-based analysis, integrated and interdisciplinary approaches to teaching and learning.



3. Key transferable skills

   By the end of the course, you will be able to:

   • Design, develop and evaluate face-to-face, online and blended learning programmes;
   • Analyse policies;
   • Analyse quantitative and qualitative data;
   • Research in an informed manner; read, interpret and evaluate research;
   • Critically inquire and debate;
   • Present, pitch and speak in various public and professional settings;
   • Work in teams;
   • Work in a community of practice;
   • Work in interdisciplinary settings;
   • Work in multicultural settings;
   • Work in differentiated ability settings;
   • Work with vulnerable persons;
   • Teach and train in different settings, including vocational, professional and
   • community-based settings; and
   • Market adult education, training or development initiatives.


4. Other skills related to employability and personal development:

   This course will place the participant in a much better position for employability in the sector, and will bring him/her closer to qualifying for a Master's degree in Adult Education. Additionally, the programme of studies targets acquisition of the following skills (among others explained earlier) that are highly relevant to enhancing employability and to personal development:

   • Present, pitch and speak in various public and professional settings;
   • Critically inquire and debate;
   • Manage time;
   • Work in teams;
   • Work in a community of practice;
   • Work in interdisciplinary settings;
   • Work in multicultural settings;
   • Work in differentiated ability settings; and
   • Work with vulnerable persons.