Abstract
Grundtvig programme are activities aimed at providing adults with ways to improve their knowledge and skills. This study examined the opinions of adults who participated in four workshops on history and culture organized throughout Europe between 2009 and 2014 under the Grundtvig Adult Education Programme and Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU. The aim of the study was to analyze the opinions of adults from different age groups, professions, and ethnicities about these informal workshops. In order to determine the study group, an easily accessible sampling method was used. The study group there was 43 workshop participants from different countries. In order to learn their opinions, they were asked to fill a form with 4 open-ended questions. Data were collected and analyzed from workshops organized in different years and in various countries. The content analysis method was used. Most of the participants stated that they learned about new cultures, and histories and developed their communication skills. They also stated that they learned most from the active learning, audiovisual and IT methods. Participants confessed that they had trouble in communicating with foreigners, managing time, and overcoming prejudices. They also stated that personal experience, motivation, audiovisual elements, study program, and themes facilitated learning. It was concluded that informal history education is possible for adults as shown by the answers of the workshop participants on subjects such as history education, national identity, historical prejudices, and intercultural learning. Key words: Adult education, Gruntvig workshops, culture, history education, intercultural learning.  
Highlights
Grundtvig Adult Education Programme is a program developed with the aim of meeting the everchanging information needs, increasing the employment chance of adults by developing their skills and adapting to social changes
The most common themes that can be found in answers were “meeting with different cultures and histories”, “improving communication skills”, “prejudices”, “gaining new perspectives”, “improving behaviors” and “historical empathy”
When the answers are analyzed, it was found that the outcomes targeted by the EU programs are mostly achieved, such as intercultural learning, personal development, tolerance, and productivity
Summary
Grundtvig Adult Education Programme is a program developed with the aim of meeting the everchanging information needs, increasing the employment chance of adults by developing their skills and adapting to social changes. Adult education has been a popular study topic for several years. It aims to educate adults and improve their life and employment chances. It aims to educate adults and contribute to society (ua.gov.tr) It is only possible for a society to develop when people can access and use information, and this is only possible with continuous education. This has become a necessity both for individuals and nations and is called lifelong education (Miser, 2002).
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