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ADLT 101 Introduction to Adult Education Session 1 Providers and Targets of Adult Education (2) Lecturer: Dr. Isaac Kofi Biney Contact Information: kbiney@ug.edu.gh/ikkbiney@yahoo.co.uk College of Education School of Continuing and

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College of Education School of Continuing and Distance Education

2014/2015 – 2016/2017

ADLT 101 Introduction to Adult Education

Session 1 – Providers and Targets of Adult Education (2) Lecturer: Dr. Isaac Kofi Biney Contact Information: kbiney@ug.edu.gh/ikkbiney@yahoo.co.uk

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Session Overview

Goals and Objectives

At the end of the session, the student will

  • State the forms the provisions took
  • Discuss the provisions made by Christian churches in

Ghana

  • Describe the role of voluntary associations in providing

adult education

  • Describe the role of voluntary associations in providing

adult education

  • Dr. Isaac Kofi Biney, SCDE

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Session Outline

  • Introduction
  • Agencies that provide Adult Education as an

Allied Function

  • Agencies that provide Adult Education as a

Subordinate Function

  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Dr. Isaac Kofi Biney, SCDE

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Reading List

This week, complete the following tasks:

  • Log
  • nto

the UG Sakai LMS course site: http://sakai.ug.edu.gh/XXXXXXXXX

  • Watch the Videos for Session 5 – Providers and target groups of Adult

Education

  • Review Lecture Slides: Session 5 – Providers and target groups of Adult

Education

  • Read Chapter 3 of Recommended Text – Nafukho, F., Amutabi, M. &

Otunga, R. (2005). African Perspective Of Adult Learning - Foundations Of Adult Education In Africa. Hamburg: UNESCO Institute for Education. Pages 2 – 9. Indabawa, S. & Mpofu, S. (2006). African Perspective of Adult Learning – The Social Context of Adult Learning in Africa. Hamburg: UNESCO Institute for Education. Pages 4 – 7.

  • Visit the Chat Room and discuss the Forum question for Session 5
  • Complete the Individual Assignment for Session 5
  • Dr. Isaac Kofi Biney, SCDE

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Introduction

  • Schroeder (1970) provided classification of adult education

agencies made up of four groups of providers.

  • Type III and Type IV Agencies include the allied and

subordinate agencies of adult education providers.

  • Allied agencies provide group and community services.
  • The section will explain the educational roles of libraries,

museums, trade and agricultural fairs.

  • The session further considers the subordinate roles of

agencies offering adult education.

  • Dr. Isaac Kofi Biney, SCDE

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Providers of Adult Education as an Allied Function

Health and Welfare Agencies

  • Health and Welfare agencies carry out adult education

activities even though they were not established as adult education agencies.

  • They use adult education as a means to achieve their
  • goals. Examples are non-governmental Organisations

and Voluntary agencies.

  • Allied agencies provide adult education at three

levels - Individual, Group and Community services.

  • Dr. Isaac Kofi Biney , SCDE

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Individual Services

  • i. Counselling and Guidance
  • Many individuals benefit from counselling and guidance

services.

  • They range from vocational, social (including marriage),

emotional, religious, health and recreational services.

  • Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana and Christian

Council of Ghana provide counselling services on marriage.

  • The Dansoman Keep-Fit Club do so on health and

recreational services.

  • Dr. Isaac Kofi Biney, SCDE

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Group Services

  • These are individuals who find themselves in similar situations and use the

group to provide services to their clubs/friendship groups.

  • Alcohol anonymous and HIV positives whose first interest is to be together

are examples here.

  • Friend’s Club in Accra whose membership is made up of individuals

suffering from drug-addicts is another example.

  • The Ghana Diabetic Association and the Ghana Federation of Physically

Challenged People are other examples.

  • They are taught positive living so as not to increase their relapse which will

worsen their health problems.

  • Dr. Isaac Kofi Biney, SCDE

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Community Services

  • They include leadership training of political activities,

assembly men and women.

  • Community development in which resources/efforts combined

with those of government is to bring improvement in terms of economic, social, health and cultural conditions in the community.

  • Outreach programmes by professionals such as doctors,

nurses, architects, engineers are also carried out in the communities.

  • Issues related to health and welfare to reduce certain ailments,

and also prevent floods, are taught to community members.

  • Dr. Isaac Kofi Biney, SCDE

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Activities Undertaken by Adult Education Agencies

  • Allied adult education activities are mainly to address

dependency, ill health, maladjustment and recreational needs.

  • Learning activities are planned with specific target groups

in mind depending on their needs, welfare and interests.

  • Issues on health and disease prevention are tackled.
  • The education imparts information and motivates people

to promote their own and their families’ welfare.

  • Preventive measures, recognition of danger signs and

work together for common good is promoted.

  • Dr. Isaac Kofi Biney, SCDE

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Agencies Providing Adult Education as an Allied Function

A number of agencies provide adult education opportunities for adults learning. They include:

  • Libraries
  • Museums
  • Exhibitions
  • Trade fairs and agricultural shows
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Adult Learners Engaged in Learning Computing

  • Dr. Isaac Kofi Biney, SCDE

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Libraries

  • Libraries

have long been associated with adult learning.

  • Public libraries were promoted as

an educational force.

  • Books, magazines, journals and e-

books through the use of internet and computer facilities are made available.

  • They were promoted as places for

“self-development in an atmosphere of freedom” (Allred cited in Kwapong & Aggor, 2012: 79) .

  • Libraries

enable adults to participate in the learning society (Chobot cited in Kwapong & Aggor, 2012).

  • Dr. Isaac Kofi Biney, SCDE

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Museums

  • Museums are places where relic relics and antiquities are kept

for present and future generations.

  • Museums are providers of both recreational and serious adult

education programmes.

  • The talks by docents i.e. tour guides and public talks they give

are examples of their adult education activities.

  • Museums exhibit relics of the past.
  • To Omolewa (cited in Kwapong & Aggor, 2012) exhibitions

are as old as adult education.

  • They are a good means for disseminating knowledge.
  • Adults enjoy an enrichment of living and a broadening of

horizons (Proctor cited in Kwapong & Aggor, 2012).

  • Dr. Isaac Kofi Biney, SCDE

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Trade Fairs

  • Trade fairs are organised by Ministry of Trade and Industry

because it has commerce as their central purpose, yet it has educational attributes.

  • The most widely known fair in Ghana is the Ghana

International Trade Fair first held in 1967.

  • The main goal of trade fair is to make participants aware of the

quality and source of particular products.

  • They bring those in the same trade together to exchange ideas

that could to an improvement in their in their various endeavours.

  • For example, a fair in Accra will display Kente from Ashanti

and Volta Regions, smock (fugu or batakari) from Upper East, Upper West and Northern Region.

  • Dr. Isaac Kofi Biney, SCDE

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Agricultural Shows

  • Agricultural shows are organised by the Ministry of

Agriculture.

  • They are used to publicise products.
  • They provide adult learners the opportunity to discuss

various agricultural techniques and demonstrate improved methods of farming.

  • The fair is also used to attract farmers to be taught

improved approaches to the cultivation of crops and keeping animals better.

  • The face-to-face discussions that take place could be an
  • pportunity for illiterate farmers to learn from extension

agents.

  • Dr. Isaac Kofi Biney, SCDE

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Providers of Adult Education as a Subordinate Function

Agencies that provide adult education as a subordinate function include:

  • Religious bodies, and
  • Government departments.
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Religious Bodies and Government Agencies

  • Churches preach the gospel, but they also provide other

educational activities, for their members.

  • Government agencies use education to achieve their goals

and purposes.

  • An instance is the work of extension officers.
  • They provide agricultural education to farmers.
  • The health workers educate pregnant women at ante-natal

and post-natal clinics.

  • The police educate the public on crime prevention.
  • The examples cited above are what we describe as

‘educated community’.

  • Dr. Isaac Kofi Biney, SCDE

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Conclusion

  • The providers of adult education programmes and

activities continue to offer critical educational services to adults population in whatever setting they find themselves.

  • They can achieve the needed result only if the adult

population engaged in varied and diverse endeavours, actively patronise and willingly participate, in their programmes.

  • Dr. Isaac Kofi Biney, SCDE

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References

Kwapong, O. A. T.F. & Aggor, R. A. (2012). Introduction to adult education. Accra: ICDE. Nafukho, F., Amutabi, M. &Otunga, R. (2005). Foundations of adult education in Africa. Hamburg: UNESCO Institute for Education.

  • Dr. Isaac Kofi Biney, SCDE

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