Kazymova T.S. 1
1 FGBOU VPO “The Kazan state university of architecture and engineering”
The article provides a scientific review of studies about the nature of education of adults; it considers various approaches to redefining the notion belonging to both Russian and foreign authors; discovered four viewpoints on the definition of “education of adults”; According to the first point of view, education of adults is regarded as an independent educational process; the second point of view about the nature of the notion is that the “education of adults” is considered as a component of the educational process; the third point of view reflects not the character of the action, but its result, namely the fact of obtaining necessary knowledge, skills and abilities by a student; the fourth point of view is presented by research where adult education is regarded as a complex concept; on the basis of the learned material the concept of the “education of adults”, used by the author in the future is formulated.
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