Not offered in 1996. 16.7 Special Requirement: This subject is available only to students who have access to adult classes. Second semester. Twelve 3-hour lecture/seminars. On completion of this subject students should be able to:

• understand adult education in a national and international framework;
• evaluate adult education issues addressed in the literature;
• synthesize from their reading and experience an Australian perspective on adult education; and
• make analytical comparisons of adult education in Australia with that in other countries.

National approaches to adult education and lifelong education; adult education in national development; educational agencies; institutional and non-institutional types of programs; the training of adult educators. A minor assignment of 1,500 words (30 per cent); a major assignment of 3,000 words (70 per cent).