Adult and Further Education Sector Quiz

What is the main purpose of adult and further education?

• To provide education for children as young as 14

• To focus on student choice

• To serve the local community

• To provide vocational skills

When did formal adult education begin?

• Twentieth century

• Middle Ages

• Eleventh century

• Ninth century

What is the range of institutions that come under the term 'FE'?

• Government offices, police stations, fire stations

• Hospitals, libraries, community centers

• Primary schools, secondary schools, universities

• Sixth form colleges, land-based colleges, art colleges

What is the main trend affecting FE today?

• Dataveillance

• Industrialization

• Datafication

• Performativity

What is the main difference between adult and further education and the rest of the education system?

• Focus on vocational skills

• Inclusive of all

• Community-based

• Dialogic and facilitative education styles

What was the main motivating force for providing adult education during the Enlightenment?

• Mechanics' Institutes

• University extension classes

• Evening classes

• Improvement of the mind, body, and spirit

What is the main purpose of adult education according to Jenny Rogers's Adults Learning?

• Vocational skills

• Improvement of the mind, body, and spirit

• Social motives

• Dealing with isolation

What is the main purpose of adult and further education according to Jacques Delors?

• Continuous process of forming whole human beings

• Serving the local community

• Providing vocational skills

• Inclusive of all

What is the main purpose of adult and further education according to Eduard Linderman?

• A co-operative venture in non-authoritarian, informal learning

• Inclusive of all

• Serving the local community

• Providing vocational skills

What is the main purpose of adult and further education according to UNESCO's Utopia of Lifelong Learning?

• Continuous process of forming whole human beings

• Serving the local community

• Providing vocational skills

• Inclusive of all