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Standardization of Adult Education in the Republic of Croatia

In this study standardization of adult education in the Republic of Croatia has been analyzed. In spite of the fact that the adult education has a fairly good legal basis and support as well as developed network of institutions which are intended exclusively for adult education and/or which perform adult education, there are various difficulties. The most common assumption in creating adult education policy is that adults are a homogenous group, which they are not. This category includes people over the age of 15, i.e. those who have not continued regular secondary education, to the people of, so called, “third age”. The adults also differ by gender, which is not negligible when there is a matter of considering the needs of unemployed people, especially women. Gender validation is often neglected in standardization of adult education. Education on all levels is not excluded from the complex relations of globalization. This is especially visible in the attempts of implementation of various documents (declarations) in, so called, transitional countries which are trying to meet the standards of traditionally stable countries. But, in the process of standardization, there is a danger of losing sight of the culture and social context of a certain country. Sensibility and context are the central issues of (adult) education and require creating new strategies which will bridge the differences between global policies and everyday practice.

standardization; adult education; unemployed people; women; gender validation

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