Value and Impact of Adult Education: Voices of Zambian Communities

Daniel L. Mpolomoka*, Musonda Luchembe, Selina Banda and Peter Sampa
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Daniel L. Mpolomoka*: School of Education, Department of Adult Education Zambian Open University, Lusaka, Zambia
Musonda Luchembe: School of Education, Department of Adult Education and Extension Studies, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
Selina Banda: School of Education, Department of Adult Education Zambian Open University, Lusaka, Zambia
Peter Sampa: School of Education, Department of Adult Education and Extension Studies, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Research Journal of Education, 2019, vol. 5, issue 7, 114-118

Abstract: Zambian communities are rich with voices of the value of adult education, albeit unsystematically documented. It is these insightful voices that this article unveils. A phenomenological research design was employed. Three research sites were targeted comprising two chiefdoms and covering four villages, two villages from each chiefdom. Data was collected using interviews and focus group discussions. After coding the data, narrative and thematic methods of data analysis were used. Findings reveal that the value of adult education is measured informally by the number of the adult population able to access social amenities equitably and equally on one hand, and on the other, by their ability to read the ‘word and the world’ as purported by Freire and Macedo (1987).

Keywords: Value; Adult education; Community. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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