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What does adult education mean?
1. Adult education refers to a form of education different from ordinary full-time teaching. Adult education is not limited by age and sex. Through this educational process, people who are regarded as adults in society can increase their abilities, enrich their knowledge, improve their technical and professional qualifications, or turn them to a new direction, thus changing their attitudes and behaviors in two aspects: their all-round development and their participation in the balanced and independent development of social economy and culture.

2. There are four main forms of adult continuing education, namely, adult college entrance examination (full-time, correspondence and evening university), higher education self-study examination (self-study examination), radio and TV University (modern distance open education of TV University) and distance education (network education).

3. What's the difference between self-taught examination, adult education, TV University and online university?

Comparison of admission thresholds? Adult higher education entrance examination is a national unified entrance examination, which is selected by the school according to the examination results and held once a year. ? There is no joint exam for the self-study exam. Candidates who take a single subject examination and pass a subject will be issued with a certificate of conformity. After all subjects are qualified, academic certificates will be issued. There are two exams every year, and candidates choose exam subjects according to the situation. ? RTVU also doesn't need exams. As long as you have the required relevant academic qualifications, you can sign up for school. ? Online universities are independently proposed by the enrollment institutions, and there are 67 universities that organize examinations and recognize academic qualifications by the state. ? Generally speaking, the self-taught examination and RTVU implement "lenient entrance and strict exit", and there is basically no entrance threshold; Both adult college entrance examination and online examination require examination before admission. The difference is that the adult college entrance examination takes part in the national unified examination, while the online examination is independently taken by the enrollment institutions. Judging from the difficulty of the exam, some online universities are well-known, and the majors they recruit are all strong majors in the school, so the entrance requirements are relatively high and the test questions are more difficult. ?

Learning style comparison? Adult college entrance examination mainly includes full-time study, amateur study and correspondence study. ? Self-study is mainly self-study, and you can also participate in self-study classes organized by other social training forces or examiner schools. ? There are two ways to teach online education. One is to teach online through the Internet, where students can browse classes, finish homework, ask questions and communicate through BBS, and the other is to teach face to face. Many international students who want to enter their favorite universities can complete their studies by applying for online colleges and receiving distance teaching. ? There are two ways for RTVU: online classes and face-to-face lectures. For those who live in unstable places and may need to travel for a long time, they can consider choosing Radio and TV University to study because of its long stay. If you change your place of work or residence, you only need to register a letter of recommendation from RTVU, and students can continue their studies in RTVU in other cities without paying other extra fees.

The definition of adult education

General definition

It can be understood that all levels and types of education provided for adults are adult education. This definition is a general concept. Even this definition includes the difference and definition of teaching methods. Of course, copying the system, concept, connotation and methods of general education to adults is adult education? Of course not. Adult education is an extremely strict scientific concept, which has its own purpose, connotation, essential characteristics and laws. It is divided into two different educational categories and two educational systems different from general education.

Feature definition

The essential characteristics of adult education are determined by the object of education-adults. Adult education can be understood as the process of guiding education in an adult way. Adults are mature people and experienced people. Adult means maturity and experience. Patterson believes that adulthood means a kind of social identity and status, which covers certain social responsibilities.