La formació dels formadors dins l'àmbit de la formació bàsica de persones adultes

The intense and rapid changes of our present day society are modifying the contexts of everyday life, labour and politics for a large section of the adult population. These people are finding themselves in situations that urgently demand that they update their knowledge and skills in order to participate fully in the building and transformation of different areas of society. These are new contexts that create new needs in the citizens in terms of training, representing a challenge in the redefinition of curriculum and teacher-training programmes. For this reason, in the basic training of adults, among others, it is urgent to revise the objectives that were until now considered priorities, as well as the profile of the trainers and their training programmes, not forgetting other issues like basic skills and training-centre models. To do this it is fundamental to encourage people to think of cultural centres in practical terms as a source of orientation information, and to improve educational practice.