Lifelong Learn. 2014, 4, 79-93

https://doi.org/10.11118/lifele2014040279

Professionalization and Professional Development of Senior Education Lecturers

Lucie Smékalová1, Naděžda Špatenková2

1Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze, Institut vzdělávání a poradenství, V Lázních 3, 159 00 Praha, Czech Republic
2Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Filozofická fakulta, Katedra sociologie, andragogiky a kulturní antropologie, Křížkovského 8, 771 80 Olomouc, Czech Republic

Received October 5, 2014
Accepted November 21, 2014

Senior education is in many ways very specific. The issue of professionalization and professional development of senior education lecturers still remains neglected. Can really everyone educate the target group of seniors? The aim of this paper is to reflect on the issue of professionalization of senior education lecturers, to describe the basic specifics of senior education and to introduce competency model as a tool for professionalization of the senior education lecturers.

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