Every adult can be helped to make better use of his intellectual capacity. Every adult should find some way to express himself constructively and creatively. Traditional teaching procedures and learning facilities are often inadequate. Understanding of freedom, discipline and responsibility promotes the discovery and productive use of our talents What is called free or democratic society must strongly emphasize lifelong learning for all its citizens if its purpose is to remain free and it is to use its freedom effectively. Each adult participating in a learning experience should have the opportunity to help diagnose, plan, conduct, and evaluate his experience along with his fellow learners and administrators.
Many adults associate education only with school.
Adult learning that can cause behavioral change can take place in the home, in the church, in the factory, on the farm, in any place. The means are as important as the ends. There is room for individual action and will in his struggle for achievement. Behavior is conditioned by feelings and emotions as well as by reason and rational judgment. Human beings seek fulfillment or happiness.