Continuing education

Continuing education - the process of constant renewal, development and improvement of general and occupational qualifications of an individual throughout his or her life.

This is an adult term for lifelong learning, understood as a whole, of cognitive activities undertaken during life with the purpose of enhancing knowledge, skills or qualifications (for personal, social or professional reasons). < p>

Learning can take place by participating in:

and also by:

Continuing education can be a matter for an individual unit (improving his / her own initiative and at his own expense), or can be designed, organized and financed by the employer. In that case, lifelong learning is part of organizational learning.

The development of lifelong learning in Europe is one of the objectives of the European Social Fund. Thanks to the Structural Funds, numerous projects are being implemented to:

In the academic world, special education units, such as lifelong learning centers, university extensions (United States), departments for continuing education (Europe), are responsible for developing lifelong learning. In Poland, such role includes, among others, University of Jagiellonian University and Center for Development of Non-stationary Education SGH. An interesting form of education is the universities of the third century, bringing together older people and organizing them in thematic groups. People's universities used to play the same role, serving a wide range of social education.

According to the definition of continuing education of the University of Jagiellonian University, the following professional roles can be distinguished in the market of lifelong learning:

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