The Contribution of Adult Education to Economic Development

Abstract

This study explores the role of adult education in economic development within the framework of International Political Economy. A case study in the EU has been carried out for this purpose to explore the role of the three institutional arrangements ie. the state, the market, and the civil society both in the adult education policy formulation, and in the mental transformational process of the individual learners, which opens the path to a deeper understanding of the interaction between the individual and the social action towards economic development. The latter is identical to euphoria, which means a rise in the conditions of living for the residents who live within the territory, or in other words that their life is getting better. The approach of Constructivism and the transformative learning theory is the proposed theoretical basis for explaining the way adult education is correlated to economic development through the involvement of adult learners. Economic development can have a positive impact on the unification of Europe, an idea endorsed by this study, which encompasses economic, political, and cultural components.