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Professional Accountability and Personal Responsibility in Non–Formal Adult Education

The article analyses changes in non-formal adult education within the lifelong learning concept with a focus on changes in the relationship between professional accountability and responsibility in adult education. Different approaches to non-formal adult education are analysed, but the key research context is adult learning in the European Union and recent documents regarding the validation of non-formal learning. The article presents various forms of accountability and responsibility within the education governance process. Special emphasis is placed on the participation of state and non-state actors, new policy instruments (validation of non- formal learning and the European Qualification Framework) and types of accountability within this process. Adult educators as key actors in adult education provision are analysed in terms of the development of their professional identity, their role in the educational process and the relationship between professional accountability and personal responsibility.

education ; accountability ; responsibility ; governance

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