EXPLORING EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF TRAINING OF NIGERIAN ADULT EDUCATORS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Abstract

The need to improve the quality of training received by prospective adult educators in Nigeria is very urgent, as the current training received may not make them efficient to satisfactorily serve their clients after graduation. This is because less importance is attached to learning by doing in their programme despite its importance in teaching and learning. It is against this fact that this paper advocates for exploring of experiential learning in order to improve the quality of training received by the Nigerian adult educators so as to acquire the competence in addressing the problems of their clients in the 2 r' century. The paper clarifies and establishes the link among concepts of adult education, adult educators, training and experiential learning. In addition, it x-rays prospects and challenges of the 2 r' century Nigerian adults and youths. Jt also overviews the current training received by students of Adult Education in Nigeria with a view to establishing the gaps that needs to be filled. The paper finally examines how experiential learning can be explored to improve the quality of training received by adult educators.