An International Association for Adult Education: A Proposal
Abstract
An International Association for Adult Education: A Proposal SAGE Publications, Inc.1953DOI: 10.1177/074171365300300602 Abbott Kaplan In the following article the chairman of the Committee on Inter national Relations of the Adult Education Association of the U. S. A. presents his views on the need for an international association and the steps that might lead to its formation. FOUR YEARS have elapsed since the international adult education conference called by UNESCO met at Elsinore, Denmark. It was the largest and most representative international meeting on adult education ever held. One hundred and six delegates representing 27 countries and 21 international organizations participated in the discussions. The Conference worked out a program for permanent contacts and exchanges between adult educators. The most important recommendations embodied in the program were: "to send missions from countries where adult education is more highly developed to those less advanced; to organize visits, international summer schools; study tours; to arrange international seminars on vital and urgent problems; to speed up exchange of in- formation." The Conference was convinced that an effective world-wide adult education movement had to be developed if the aims of UNESCO and of the Conference were to be achieved. It believed, however, that