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adult education

form of learning adults engage in beyond traditional schooling
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adult education

Summary

adult education is an economic concept[1]. It draws 183 Wikipedia views per month (economic_concept category, ranking #46 of 213).[2]

Key Facts

  • adult education's instance of is recorded as economic concept[3].
  • adult education is a type of education[4].
  • adult education is a type of educational activity[5].
  • adult education is a type of extension education[6].
  • adult education's Commons category is recorded as Adult education[7].
  • adult education's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Adult education[8].
  • adult education's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[9].
  • adult education's partially coincident with is recorded as andragogy[10].
  • adult education's partially coincident with is recorded as lifelong learning[11].
  • adult education's different from is recorded as community culture[12].
  • adult education's practiced by is recorded as adult educator[13].

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Definition and Type

adult education's instance of is recorded as economic concept[3]. Recorded subclass of include education[4], educational activity[5], and extension education[6].

Why It Matters

adult education draws 183 Wikipedia views per month (economic_concept category, ranking #46 of 213).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

andragogy Daniel Steigerwald David Joyner David Mhlanga Hungarian Library Institute Lukáš Konečný Milan Rubeš Observatory Centre for Educational Development

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . STW Thesaurus for Economics. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . UNESCO Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Practiced by → adult educator
    Instance of → economic concept
    Topic's main category → Category:Adult education
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P2347]], mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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