Practical Politics A series on how to organise and run your own pressure group. Homespun Weekly program on ways of making our everyday lives easier. From making mud bricks to stained glass. Now Ten programs for parents, teachers and others with an interest in educational issues. Television had no such clear brief to move out of schools' broadcasts.
Adult education is therefore an add on rather than something that fills a vacuum.
These are programs which aim to give adults progressive comprehension of a body of knowledge or help them acquire skills in a defined field or equip them better for participation in community life. This should contribute to the development of individuals and increase their understanding of a changing society. A different approach to the problem is to examine a program and hope to arrive at a definition. The UK system avoids the confinement of definitions and encompasses every shade of adult education. Another angle in the search for a policy is to look at the potential audience.