The Continuing Education Of Adult Development And Lifelong Transformation: A Multidisciplinary Approach To Promote Adult Learning

Abstract

This paper aims to offer seminal knowledge on the engaging process of lifelong learning on adult development and transformation to adult learners through critical analysis of the publications of (Vella 2002; Clark & Caffarella, 1999; Baumgartner & Merriam, 1999; King, 2007). This particular discussion intersect a multidisciplinary approach and present positive images of aging and the pivotal role educators play in its process. There are some theories that promote and reveal adult education with a higher purpose, and still, there are some theories that inhibit such growth and transformation. In particular, biological, psychological (cognitive and psychomotor), and socio-economic dimensions influences the ability for adults to function in their environment as a whole. Regardless of the differences individuals possess, adult learners are linked with the power of dialogue, and the willingness to make their own decisions. This paper intends to capture readers’ mind to embrace the complexities adult learners face in education and the scope of mind-body connection pertaining to their decisions in adulthood and to make sense of the diverse and multidimensional development of adults for the purpose of their education. In a larger sense, the most important tasks of adult learning and education are meaningful feedback and communication skills that are necessary to facilitate their learning process. Keywords: Adult Development, Adult Transformation, Lifelong Learning, Adult Theories, Continuing Education, Adult Learning, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8444-8619