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Functional Elementary Adult Education in the Republic of Serbia
Functional Elementary Adult Education in the Republic of Serbia

A new model for development of adult competencies

Author(s): Aleksandra Pejatović
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Adult Education
Published by: Editura Universității de Vest
Keywords: (il)literacy of adults; competencies; functional elementary adult education; general competences; subject specific competences;

Summary/Abstract: Model of Functional elementary adult education which became part of the formal educational system in Serbian the school year 2013/2014 has been presented in the paper in the baseline considering the context it was createdin and the needs it should satisfy. After all, it has been dominantly analysed as a programme focused on competencedevelopment in adult participants: key, subject specific and vocational competences. The findings of the conductedanalysis show that with the model, a vast space for action on the competence development in the level of educationhas been opened. The results of conducted evaluation research from the experimental phase of the progamme haveshown that the programme has contributed to the development of specially defined sets of competences inattendees.

  • Issue Year: 30/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 43-54
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English