Abstract

Adult civic education assists adults to acquire the compe tencies necessary for participation in civic life. After World War II, adult civic education sought to promote citizen participation, individual development, and the creation of an aware and informed citizenry. These efforts were accomplished through liberal educa tion, public affairs education, political education, human relations, leadership, and participation training, and community develop ment. Both the community development study and action approach and forms of group learning were used extensively in developing adult citizens. The ultimate purpose of adult civic education was to create a public opinion able to assess critically the accomplish ment of government and citizens able to identify and solve com mon social problems.

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