Learning is enhanced through the recognition and use of experience and the acquisition and application of knowledge in practice based activities. Learning is a life-long and socially embedded activity, dependent on mutual respect, diversity of approach and the recognition of relevance to learning. Learning involves the appreciation and application of theories in the different and changing contexts of professional practice. Learning involves mutual obligations based on the valuing of difference, respect for diversity, responsible and ethical self-management. Learning is a developmental process involving the recognition, articulation and transformation of knowledge, personal values and theoretical frameworks.
Students can choose to study full time or part time on campus or off campus.
Many postgraduate adult education courses are offered in distance mode supported by email and phone contact with lecturers and web-based conferencing tools, which keep students in touch with others in their course. The Faculty has established itself as one of the most productive and exciting centres for learning and research in a range of areas associated with adult education. It has the largest number of academic staff in any English-speaking university concerned with the education and training of adults. Adult and vocational learning has been identified as one of the first Key University Research strengths. The Faculty offers a set of three Bachelors degrees in Education at Kuring-gai campus which prepare students for teaching in primary schools and in special education settings.