(1836) ADAPTATION OF CENTERS FOR ADULT EDUCATION TO THE NEW CHALLENGES OF THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY

摘要

The last years of recession have underscored the situation of vulnerability which the students whoattend centers for adult education suffer. In order to be able to offer them a better future, our schoolhas launched an educational project whose main objective is our students' integral development(personal, social, academic, work-related and enterprising) which avoids their social and laborexclusion. To accomplish this, we have initiated a series of innovative actions of high qualityresponding to our students' needs and aims.The first step was conducting a statistical research which allowed to deepen in the educational needsof adult learners. This research revealed a number of demands which have been responded from theEducational Project, whose basic mainstay has been the implementation of the European ProjectGrundtvig CASE (Career Assistance and Spirit of Enterprise).The project presented in this paper is a model for the adaptation of centers for adult education to thenew requirements of the 21st century society. This model has been awarded with the first prize by thePrizes Miguel Hernandez, acknowledged by the Ministry of Education. This article summarizes themost important elements of the educational project which has received the aforementionedrecognition.